When graduates cross the stage this Saturday at North Carolina Central University, two familiar faces will share an extraordinary milestone: Tamika Stanton and her son Tomantae Stanton-Jones will both receive degrees in a remarkable culmination of parallel academic journeys.
Stanton, already an NCCU graduate, will earn her Master’s degree in social work this Saturday, officially becoming what’s known as a “Double Eagle” at NCCU. Her son will graduate summa cum laude from Central’s Law School during the same ceremonies.
Their path to this shared achievement began nearly two decades ago when Stanton was just 15 years old and a student at Hillside High School in Durham. She became pregnant with Tomantae while she and his father, Leniel Jones, were teenagers…