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FIRST BLACK VALEDICTORIAN in Princeton University's 274 year history!! (Original Post)
sheshe2
May 2020
OP
ornotna
(10,803 posts)1. Congratulations to Nicholas Johnson
Well done sir.
malaise
(269,050 posts)2. This has been all over the islands for at least a week
He's Canadian but one of his parents is Jamaican and the other is Bahamian. I was shocked that he's a Princeton first.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)3. It's way, way past time but congratulations to him!
Wounded Bear
(58,666 posts)4. Congrats!
Karadeniz
(22,535 posts)5. Yay!❤
LuvNewcastle
(16,846 posts)6. He concentrated in operations research
and financial engineering. I'm not even sure what those subjects are, so it can't have been easy.
WVGal1963
(145 posts)7. Makes My Heart Feel Good
My Dad went to Princeton, and he passed in 1998. He would have done two things. 1) He would have started a standing ovation, and 2) He would have asked why this took so long. So damn long.
sheshe2
(83,789 posts)8. +1000 To your dad.
Welcome to DU!
lame54
(35,293 posts)9. A conspiracy against the white man...
Obviously great news
AZ8theist
(5,474 posts)10. Congratulations to a brilliant young man...
My son graduated from ASU last week, Proud of both of them.
sheshe2
(83,789 posts)12. Congratulations, AZ.
To you and yours.
AZ8theist
(5,474 posts)20. THANK YOU!!!
MLAA
(17,298 posts)13. Hurray! About damn time and good for him and his family!
littlemissmartypants
(22,691 posts)14. Excellent! Kicked and recommended. ❤ nt
sheshe2
(83,789 posts)17. ...
Skittles
(153,169 posts)15. and HANDSOME to boot
That to.
Talitha
(6,593 posts)18. Well it's about damned time! Our brains are all the same color.
sheshe2
(83,789 posts)22. This. nt
dreamland
(964 posts)19. Nice! Congrats to the young man on his achievements.
Celerity
(43,408 posts)21. wooooooooooot CONGRATZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!