Ernest Boger

Biography

Ernest Boger was the first African-American to attend the University of South Florida in 1961, a year after the school (established for whites only) opened. Boger was the valedictorian of Blake High School in Tampa, Florida and achieved a score of 492 out of a possible 495 on his college entrance exam. In the fall of 1961, he became the first African-American student at USF. While at school, Boger and a group of white friends were attacked by a mob.

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