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72-Year-Old Darlene Mullins Finishes College With Honors After 55 Years

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72-Year-Old Darlene Mullins Finishes College With Honors After 55 Years

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It’s never too late to go back to school.

Just ask 72-year-old Darlene Mullins, who recently graduated from Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tennessee. The grandmother of four walked at the school’s commencement Saturday.

Darlene left school nearly 55 years ago in the name of love. She was a track star at the historically black college and met her husband-to-be, John Mullins, in 1962, she told USA Today. “I thought he was the finest thing walking on the campus,” Darlene told the HBCU’s campus magazine in 2014. The duo knew they would marry each other the moment they met and began dating shortly after. But Darlene’s track coach noticed that she was spending most of her time with her boyfriend. Her coach gave Darlene,…

Please read original article 72-Year-Old Darlene Mullins Finishes College With Honors After 55 Years posted on Healthy Black Girls on 23 May 2017 | 11:26 am —

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