More than 60 years after Atlanta native and engineer Ronald Yancey overcame barriers to become Georgia Institute of Technology’s first Black graduate, he presented his granddaughter with her diploma as followed in her family’s footsteps.
Ronald Yancey made history in June 1965 as the first Black graduate of Georgia Institute of Technology. And last weekend, the Atlanta native made a trip back to campus for a very special reason – to present his granddaughter, Deanna Yancey, with her master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering at the school’s May 3 commencement ceremony.