In June 1976, when Pope Duncan handed Jimmy Lee Raymond his diploma as he walked across the stage at Georgia Southern College, he had just completed a milestone that would impact his life forever. Raymond was the first African-American to graduate from Georgia Southern with a Bachelor of Science in education. His emphasis was industrial education.
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