{"id":1222,"date":"2012-03-12T18:03:23","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T22:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/sites\/gsm_spr12\/?p=91"},"modified":"2014-06-02T14:58:48","modified_gmt":"2014-06-02T18:58:48","slug":"first-among-equals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/2012\/03\/12\/first-among-equals\/","title":{"rendered":"First Among Equals"},"content":{"rendered":"

First Black Alumni Group Scholarship Honors Pioneers<\/h3>\n

Winter Quarter 1965 began quietly at Georgia Southern College, so quietly that hardly anyone \"firstAmongEquals\"<\/a>noticed the historic transition taking place.<\/p>\n

Statesboro teacher John Bradley \u2013 an African American \u2013 was joining the line of students cued up to register in Hanner Gym when President Zach Henderson greeted Bradley and led him through the process of becoming the first black student and the first black graduate student at Georgia Southern. Bradley went on to complete his T-5 teaching certificate.<\/p>\n

That fall, six black students \u2013 five beginning freshmen and one sophomore transfer \u2013 Clavelia Love Brinson, Arlene Marie Daughtry, Shirley Anne Woodall and Catherine Davis, enrolled with little fanfare.<\/p>\n

In 1969, two of those freshmen, Ulysee Mosley of Albany, Ga., and Jessie Zeigler Carter of Statesboro, became the first black man and woman, respectively, to complete their entire college careers at Georgia Southern.<\/p>\n

The newly endowed Black Alumni of Georgia Southern (BAGS) Scholarship was awarded last fall in honor of Carter and Mosley.<\/p>\n

Carter now lives in Soperton, Ga., and is a retired Treutlen County teacher.<\/p>\n

\"firstAmongEqualsMosley\"<\/a>\u201cI\u2019m grateful, honored and elated to be a part of the presentation of the first scholarship of the
\nBlack Alumni of Georgia Southern,\u201d said Carter. \u201cWhen I enrolled as an undergraduate in 1965, my goal was to get a college degree. I didn\u2019t know I was making history. However, I have come to appreciate the historical significance of my accomplishment in being the first African- American female to complete a full four years at Georgia Southern.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy hope is that my accomplishment, however modest or grand, can encourage, inspire and motivate others to pursue their dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mosley is a retired principal who resides in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving the BAGS scholarship given in my honor this year reminds me of a song we sang in my church,\u201d said Mosley. \u201cThe name of the song is \u2018Give Me My Flowers\u2019 and the words are: \u2018Give, give me my flowers, while I can see them, so that I can see the beauty they bring. Give, give me my flowers, while I can feel them, so that I can feel the comfort they bring.\u2019 The recognition and the beautiful certificate I received remind me of a bouquet of flowers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw the beautiful expressions of love and appreciation on the faces of the \u2018youngsters\u2019<\/p>\n

\"FirstAmongEqualsZiegler\"<\/p>\n

attending the ceremony,\u201d he said. \u201cThe honor, the flowers, makes me feel like my living has not been in vain, and today, I walk with an attitude of gratitude.\u201d<\/p>\n

The scholarship\u2019s first recipient is sophomore chemistry major Precious K. Lango of Milledgeville, Ga. \u201cI am grateful and blessed to have received the first BAGS scholarship,\u201d said Lango. \u201cIt will help me greatly when it comes to purchasing text books and other materials I will need in completing my sophomore year. After I graduate, I plan on becoming a pediatrician, or a pediatric physical therapist.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lango is heavily involved in campus volunteer activities. She is a member of the Student African American Sisterhood and serves as a Southern Ambassador. She volunteers at the Statesboro Boys and Girls Club, works with local efforts to prevent domestic violence, and is also the reigning Miss Black and Gold for Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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