Macdonald said she was on the name change committee and was appointed by Alachua County Public School Board member Tina Certain. Finley Elementary School in Gainesville was renamed Carolyn Beatrice Parker Elementary School. He ended his educational career by graduating from Meharry Medical College in Nashville before returning to Gainesville to live with his mother, Macdonald said. His mother sold Avon products to raise money to send him to complete his high school education in Atlanta because Union Academy only went up to eighth gradeĪccording to Macdonald, Caro started selling Avon products to increase funds to help send her son to complete high school in Atlanta due to Union Academy only offering eight grade.
Her father attended Union Academy in northwest Gainesville, which historians say is the first public school for Blacks in Alachua County. The foundation for Carolyn Beatrice Parker's educational career was laid before she was born. in American history from the University of Florida. Her book “Marjorie Harris Carr: Defender of Florida's Environment” was published in 2014. Macdonald is a Florida native who has written about local and Florida history for several magazines. The poem was titled, “Carolyn Beatrice Parker” which was written by Australian poet Alicia Sometimes. Polonium is a chemical element that is a rare and highly radioactive metal with no stable isotopes, according to Wikipedia.ĭuring the program, musicians performed for the audience and it was followed by a poem reading from Sunday Assembly member Mary Lynch. The title of Macdonald's presentation was a reference to the 2016 hit movie "Hidden Figures," which was about three Black women mathematicians who worked at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) during the space race.
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