Son of a sharecropper, man fulfills promise to his mother to teach

<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:22px;"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="wsc-grammar-problem" data-grammar-phrase="" data-grammar-rule="EN_UNPAIRED_BRACKETS" data-wsc-lang="en_US">"</span>My grandfather was a sharecropper.  They had eight children.  My mom being one of these that grew up on a sharecropper's farm.<span class="wsc-grammar-problem" data-grammar-phrase="" data-grammar-rule="EN_UNPAIRED_BRACKETS" data-wsc-lang="en_US">"</span></span></span></span></span>

<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:20px;"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="wsc-grammar-problem" data-grammar-phrase="">"</span>I took it as a challenge. I took it as an obligation. You put me <span class="wsc-grammar-problem" data-grammar-phrase="here so" data-grammar-rule="COMMA_COMPOUND_SENTENCE" data-wsc-lang="en_US">here so</span> I can make a way for the same people that made a way for me,<span class="wsc-grammar-problem" data-grammar-phrase="" data-grammar-rule="EN_UNPAIRED_BRACKETS" data-wsc-lang="en_US">"</span> Muhammad said.</span></span></span></span>

<span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:20px;">His mother knew that he would have a positive impact on the next generation of children who may struggle. </span></span></span></span></span>

<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:20px;"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">His goal is to have everyone involved to have the entire community invested in our children. </span></span></span></span>