Ramsay High School’s Tyra Davis, 17, Winning Essay Contests and Mock Trial Competitions

By Sym Posey The Birmingham Times Tyra Davis is not your average 17-year-old high school junior. Just look at her schedule over the past several months. Davis, of Birmingham’s Ramsay High School, was one of the first-place winners of the Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Breakfast Written Essay and Digital Presentation Contests. She was honored at the event, which was held at Birmingham-Southern College on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and got a chance to read her speech to a room full of leaders. “The scholarship is important to me because I was able to advocate for youth activism throughout my essay,” Davis said of the contest, for which a monetary scholarship is awarded to the top three entries in each category. “When I was reading at the breakfast, I felt the energy in the crowd and how it was very impactful to them. That was my goal the entire time. … I was writing my essay because I knew I had to read it in front of everyone. When I read it on stage it was a surreal experience,” she added. Two for Two That win was preceded by another one late last year. In October, Davis and some...