William Walker said that while he may be a graduate of Lakewood High School, another high school in St. Pete means just as much to him.
His parents attended Gibbs High School, the only school in the city for Black students until 1969. For decades, the Gibbs Class of 1968, the last graduating class before integration, held a fundraiser every year in honor of those times and as a way to continue promoting the importance of education, providing scholarships for African-American youth throughout the city.
The yearly fundraiser was yet another casualty of the pandemic until Walker and his organization, Classes Unite, LLC., decided they wanted to keep the tradition alive.
Last month, the organization brought back the annual holiday extravaganza with more than 1,000 people descending on the historic Coliseum for a night of dancing, catching up with old friends and making new ones, and of course, raising funds for scholarships. Read more.
