Tennessee Student Becomes First Black Homecoming Queen In School History

Photo: Getty Images A Tennessee student made history as her school’s first Black homecoming queen. Jayla Miller, a senior at Independence High School in Williamson County, Tennessee, was crowned as homecoming queen earlier this year, per the Tennessean. Miller was the first Black homecoming queen in the school’s 20-year history. “When I heard I was the first, it almost brought tears to my eyes because the school had been open for 20 years, and for not one person of color to have been crowned queen really made me feel like I did something for girls like me,” she told The Williamson Herald. “Especially in this area where there aren’t many African Americans, I think it’s important to be a representation of how you can be a woman of color and a person of color, and you can be successful. You can be queen. You can be strong and powerful.” Congrats to our girl Jayla Miller for being crowned as the Homecoming Queen at Independence High School!! Such a beautiful girl, inside & out