Kymberly Wimberly was the top student at McGehee Secondary School in Little Rock, Arkansas. As is customary, the school named her valedictorian. Shortly after, the school's principal Darrell Thompson appointed a white student with a lower grade point average (g.p.a.) as co-Valedictorian to avoid a "big mess" at the majority white school.
For some reason, the principal thought this was acceptable, which is why Wimberly's mother is suing the school system. In the lawsuit she also states that black students are discouraged from taking honors and A.P. classes and that the school is discriminating against her daughter as Valedictorian because Kymberly is a young mother. There hasn't been an African-American valedictorian at the school since 1989. CONTINUE....
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