Mother and Son Graduate Together from Howard University on Mother's Day Weekend
By
David Chiu
A respectable bake. You'd come back tomorrow for another.
Summary
Rev. Dr. Carla Hunter Ramsey, 56, and her son Wesley Ramsey IV, 22, graduated together from Howard University on Mother's Day weekend. Carla had initially put her dream of attending Howard on hold after high school, but decades later she and her son both earned their degrees from the historic institution on the same day, making for an emotional and memorable milestone for the family.
Key quotes
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It was a memorable Mother's Day weekend for a pair of newly minted Howard University graduates who are also mother and son.
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