An Atlanta high school senior is preparing to continue a family legacy more than six decades in the making at Georgia Institute of Technology, CBS News reports.
Ralph Long IV, a graduating senior at Benjamin E. Mays High School, will attend Georgia Tech this fall after earning top academic honors, including a Student Teacher Achievement Recognition (STAR), and ranking among the top 10% of his class. The achievement carries historical significance for the Long family because his grandfather, Ralph Long Jr., was one of the first Black students admitted to the university in 1961.