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Kutztown University Presents President’s Medal to Its First Black Graduate

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Kutztown University is recognizing a student who made history more than 70 years ago. WITF’s Anthony Orozco reports the graduate says she was determined to make her dreams a reality — even in an era when she was not always accepted.

Read the full story at: https://www.witf.org/2022/08/25/kutztown-university-honors-first-black-graduate-long-time-teacher-in-reading/

(Original air-date: 8/26/22)

Anthony Orozco is the Latino communities reporter for WITF. Anthony joined PA Post in May 2020 as a Report For America corps member and transitioned to WITF in August 2020. He has worked in central Pennsylvania as a journalist, poet and community organizer since graduating with a degree in journalism from the University of Cincinnati in 2012.