Jackson Public Schools Alum Zeita Merchant Making Coast Guard History
November 15, 2019
November 15, 2019
JACKSON, Mississippi, Nov. 15 -- Jackson Public Schools issued the following news:
Lanier High School welcomed home graduate Zeita Merchant to honor her for her most recent accomplishment in the United States Coast Guard. A 22-year veteran of the Guard, Merchant has been selected for promotion from commander to captain. This will make her only the third African American female captain in Coast Guard history. To recognize this and her other extraordinary accomplishments, the City of . . .
Lanier High School welcomed home graduate Zeita Merchant to honor her for her most recent accomplishment in the United States Coast Guard. A 22-year veteran of the Guard, Merchant has been selected for promotion from commander to captain. This will make her only the third African American female captain in Coast Guard history. To recognize this and her other extraordinary accomplishments, the City of . . .