At 17, he broke the curse no man in his family beat

Tyon Newsome walked across the stage at William M. Raines High School in Jacksonville, Florida, and became the first male on either side of his family to earn a high school diploma. His uncle, Antonio Brown, watched from the stands and cried. He posted the video, mostly to his family, and strangers found it anyway. Tyon almost did not make it. "I almost quit a couple times. I thought I couldn't do it, I thought it was too hard for me," he told WLTV. He did not quit. Antonio called the graduation a moment that reached back through generations. "Seeing him get to finish it and complete it the right way, that really meant a lot to me," he said. The comments filled with people claiming someone nearby was cutting onions. One wrote: "He has broken the curse this is AWESOME." Tyon is 17.