Bostic and Dupont: The First African-American Female Undergraduates
Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker, Carmena Greene Bostic, and Lionel Starks followed Maxwell Courtney to Florida State University in 1963. Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker and Carmena Greene Bostic are Tallahassee natives and Lionel Starks was from Central Florida. Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker was the first Black female undergraduate to graduate from FSU, receiving her degree in Social Work in 1966. Jacquelyn lives in Los Angeles, California where she was the founding president of the Ward Economic Development Corporation. Carmena Greene Bostic received her degree in Spanish in 1967. Carmena is a long-time Miami resident who retired from IBM and continues to work as a school teacher.