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Morehouse to Have First White Valedictorian

Posted May 14, 08 6:00 PM CDT in US 

(Newser) – On Sunday, the historically black Morehouse College will graduate its first white valedictorian, the AP reports. Joshua Packwood is graduating with a perfect 4.0 GPA and says the recruiter who talked to him about Morehouse didn't initially realize he was white. "I've been forced to see the world in a different perspective, that I don't think I could've gotten anywhere else," Packwood says.

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This April 1968 photo released by the MLK Jr. National Historic Site, Martin Luther King Jr.'s body is carried to Morehouse College in Atlanta.   (AP Photo)
Spencer Burton-Webb takes a break while practicing with the Du Beta Psi step team at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, on February 1, 2003.   (KRT Photos)
A Morehouse College commencement.   (Getty Images)
Morehouse College junior Brandon Douglas (left) catches up with senior Joshua Packwood. When he graduates on Sunday, Packwood will be Morehouse's first white valedictorian.   (Associated Press)
Joshua Packwood maintained a perfect grade point average during his four years at Morehouse.   (Associated Press)
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