13-year-old Georgia native Joshua Suddith lives the legacy Dr. Martin Luther King Jr paved. 

According to Atlanta news outlet 11Alive, the teenager has achieved his goal of being accepted into HBCU Morehouse College before age 14. At four years old, Suddith planned to accomplish the feat after discovering that Dr. King had enrolled at Morehouse at fifteen and graduated with his sociology degree at 19. While seeking full-ride scholarships and additional financial support, Suddith intends to be a commuter student at Morehouse after postponing his enrollment one year to complete high school.

“His grit and determination are the most impressive things about him,” said Suddith’s mother, Chaundra. “He didn’t let challenges get in the way of his dream.”

With Morehouse being Suddith’s first choice, the teen intends to study international relations and has enrolled at other prestigious institutions like Harvard, MIT, Princeton, and Yale. Suddith has already made numerous academic achievements, having moved from second to fifth, then to seventh, and finally to eleventh grade. 

At 12, he received over twenty college acceptance letters from Shaw University, Tennessee State University, Jackson State University and more. Suddith, who began reading at 18 months, also has a 3.88 GPA and completed 27 credit hours while dual-enrolling at Augusta Technical College.

"As my namesake, Joshua, truly makes me proud. I pray he always keeps God first,” said his father, Joshua Suddith.