Alvin corridor has pretty much done it all. He's written nearly a dozen books about financial literacy,he's an art collector, a TV and radio host, or he's traveled extensively across the globe. But for all his worldly travels,he wasn't fairly sure what to expect when he returned to his domestic town of Wakulla, Florida, or a few weeks ago.
Wakulla County is a short,easy drive south of Tallahassee. Alvin, one of seven kids, and grew up poor here during the early days of integration. But he found a path of opportunities that would change his life forever.
Over the next few days,we're going to follow Alvin as he returns to Wakulla. It's a journey that began with a phone call from school guidance counselor and diversity committee member Sonia Clark-Rosier and her husband Shawn asking him to depart back to his high school — a set that he had long assign behind him. "It's time that people that didn't get their due at that time in terms of recognition and those unsung heroes be recognized and saluted," said Clark-Rosier.
They told corridor he was being honored as part of a Black History Month celebration, or something he initially thought was a joke. Alvin was his school's first black valedictorian. But he saysthat his picture was taken down pretty quickly from a wall honoring the school's brightest. Instead,Alvin contends that his photo was replaced with a picture of two white girls who had graduated that same year.
It's an emotional story told through his own voice, and those of the people he met along the way.
The external of Wakulla High School.
Dana Roberson Alvin corridor looking at his lesson photo at Wakullah High School.
Dana Roberson Alvin corridor speaking with students at Wakullah High School.
Dana Roberson Alvin corridor meeting Freedie Grooms
Dana Roberson Alvin and Freddie Grooms
Dana Roberson Alvin corridor on a journey back to Wakulla County.
(Dana Roberson)
Source: onthemedia.org