After the Civil Rights Act of 1964 opened educational opportunities, the first African American students to integrate Jacksonville Elementary Laboratory School and Jacksonville Laboratory High School in 1965 pursued a different path to academic freedom. They walked miles to school and endured winter weather and other dangers amid continuing injustice and hardship in the aftermath of the Civil Rights movement. Their resilience broke barriers and left a legacy of diversity and inclusion that enriched the lives of countless others. The former post office was the place where the two groups met to seek shelter from the weather. The first African American students to integrate Jacksonville Elementary Laboratory School were Brenda Joyce Baker, Cynthia Baker, Pamela Denise Baker, Anthony ODell Cannon, Carol Lisa Jackson, Judia Mae Parker, and Raymond Parker. The first African American students to integrate Jacksonville Laboratory High School were Dora Dunn, Dorothy Nix, Caroline Watley, Stephen Walker Sr., Jennifer Rebecca Williams, Jonathan Williams, and Tony Williams.