Volusia County Junior College, located at 875 Second Avenue in Daytona Beach, Florida, opened its doors in 1958.
Since racial integration in schools was prohibited in the Florida Constitution of 1885 then in effect, the Legislature wished to avoid the integration mandated in the unanimous Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision of 1954 by demonstrating that a "separate but equal" higher education system existed in Florida for African Americans.
"[3] When the college opened, it was in temporary storefront facilities at 875 2nd Avenue, while using the Campbell High School site for physical education and vocational-technical programs.
A library, band room, and physical education facility were added before the college was closed in 1965; vocational-technical programs remained at Campbell.
[10] Ten of the 16 full-time Black faculty members were transferred to Daytona Beach; President Greene was given a job but nothing to do, and he resigned.