1961: Lake and Sumter County citizens rally to establish an institution of higher learning. The Florida Legislature authorized Lake-Sumter Junior College (LSJC) for white citizens and Johnson Junior College for black citizens. 1962: LSJC students begin classes in modular buildings located on the Leesburg High School campus with Dr. Paul P. Williams as the College’s first president. Johnson Junior College students begin classes at Carver Heights High School with Perman E. Williams as its first president. 1964: 39 students graduate at the first Commencement of LSJC. May 1964: Groundbreaking for the 70-acre Leesburg campus, along Highway 441 near Silver Lake. 1965: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prompted the Lake County School Board, then the College’s governing body, to merge LSJC and Johnson Junior College. For the 1965-66 academic year, LSJC operated as a school with two locations: the Johnson Center at Carver Heights High School and the Silver Lake Center. Also, this year, LSJC was accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges Commission on College (SACSCOC) allowing credits earned at LSJC to transfer to other regionally accredited institutions.

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