Jacksonville teen becomes first male in family to graduate high school

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (WSVN) — A Jacksonvile high school graduation moment has struck a cord far beyond the classroom, and now one family’s celebration has gone viral — not just for a diploma, but for what it represents.

For Antonio Brown, the tears were for more than graduation day, they were about witnessing his nephew, Tyon Newsome, become the first male in the family to ever earn a high school diploma.

“My nephew, the first boy, man, first man, on my mama and dad, to walk across the stage,” said Brown…

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