Curtis Lawrence III is set to graduate after making history at his HBCU. At 16 years old, Lawrence’s bright future was solidified after he was accepted into 14 esteemed colleges, which included Harvard University, Yale University, Howard University, Morehouse College, Morgan State University, and University of California Berkeley, as CBS News notes. He also received $1.6 million in scholarships at the time. “We’ve taught them from an early age that education is key to opening up the opportunities and having access to things that they want to life,” his father, Curtis Lawrence Jr., told CBS News. Choosing dual-enrollment for his last two years of high school, Lawrence III started taking both high school and college classes at George Washington University in Washington, DC, in 2019. Doing so at 14 years old, he made history as its youngest freshman, the Tallahassee Democrat reports. In 2021, he continued his studies as a junior at HBCU Florida A&M University (FAMU) and also made...

12-year-old Zoe Oli is making history with Target! As AFROTECH™ previously reported, she is the genius behind Beautiful Curly Me, a doll company empowering young Black girls. The company stemmed from a lack of confidence she had with her natural hair at the age of 6, comparing it to the straight hair her classmates had. Even after her mother purchased her a Black doll, Oli could not help but notice the doll still did not have her textured hair. So by the age of 7, she officially became an entrepreneur. “My mom got me a Black doll that looked like me to help, and it really did but I noticed that the doll did not have hair that looked like mine and I wanted dolls with curls and braids, so when she went back to the stores couldn’t find any,” Oli explained during ForbesBLK Summit 2024. “I decided that I wanted to make my own business and do something about it, and that’s how I got started.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Beautiful Curly Me (@beautifulcurlyme) Oli hopes to...

A teenager is on his way to making history in Indiana. ABC-7 in Chicago, IL, reports that at age 15, Khaya Njumbe is set to become the youngest college graduate in Indiana. As the first generation of his family born in the U.S., the teen lives in Gary, IN, and attends Indiana University Northwest. He will cross the graduation stage in May 2024 — making him the first to do so in his family. The outlet details that to get a head start on the achievement, Njume took dual-credit courses at 21st Century Charter High School. Theresa Canady, a social worker at the charter school, shared that he initially started taking college courses at age 11. “When I was younger, I had a lot of ambition,” Njumbe told the outlet. “I always just wanted to do more, impress my parents mainly. I was always an overachiever in school.” Jack Bloom, one of Njumbe’s professors at Indiana University Northwest, shared, “It’s pretty amazing. Obviously the stuff he can do is beyond what most people can do.” He added,...

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A 13-year-old has made U.S. sports history! Republic FC, a professional soccer team based in Sacramento, CA, announced that Da’vian Kimbrough has inked a contract with the team — making him the youngest athlete in American professional team sports — according to a news release. In addition, it’s Kimbrough’s first professional contract.

A young student is stepping into leadership. The Baltimore Banner reports that Kayla Drummond, a rising senior at Parkville High School, is set to become the first-ever student school board member to vote on Baltimore County’s $2.6 billion budget. At the beginning of her term, the 17-year-old started receiving training on the budget.

Before even becoming a teenager, Anthaea-Grace Patricia Dennis made academic history in Canada. CBC reports that the 12-year-old has received a bachelor of science degree from the University of Ottawa — making her Canada’s youngest university graduate. Dennis began working toward earning her bachelor’s at age 9.