By Christopher Deborah
Violet Edwards, 96, of the United States, has broken the record for the oldest African-American woman to earn a college degree when she received her diploma from Mercy College in New York.
In addition, Violet Edwards was the fifth-oldest college graduate in the world and the oldest individual in Florida to get a degree.
She was the youngest child in her family and was born in Jamaica in 1925. She was a brilliant student and a voracious reader when she was a young girl.