‘Miracle’ third child snares fourth-generation Grambling scholarship
Amari Ajamu (middle), along with sister Nzinga Ajamu (left), celebrates his Stax Music Academy graduation with a car parade from family and friends on Monday, May 18, 2020. Ajamu, a miracle baby born three months premature 18 years ago, will become a fourth-generation student at Grambling in the fall. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
David Waters
David Waters is Distinguished Journalist in Residence and assistant director of the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis.
COVID-19 cancelled Amari Ajamu's senior trip, and prom, and graduation ceremony, but it didn't stop his family from celebrating their Soulsville Charter School and Stax Academy graduate.
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