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Commencement

People sit in the rain and listen as President Barack Obama delivers the 129th commencement speech at Morehouse College Sunday, May 19, 2013, in Atlanta. In a soaring commencement address on work, sacrifice and opportunity, the President told graduates of the historically black college to seize the power of their example as black men graduating from college and use it to improve people's lives. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

No 'excuse' for simplifying Obama's Morehouse message

James Braxton Peterson
OPINION - Interestingly enough, both the president’s detractors as well as his supporters will seize on the same soundbite from his address to the 2013 graduating class at Morehouse College...
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Graduate Frederick Anderson stands in the pouring rain as President Barack Obama acknowledges him during his Morehouse College 129th Commencement ceremony address Sunday, May 19, 2013, in Atlanta. After a difficult childhood Shelton graduating Phi Beta Kappa and is on his way to Harvard Law School. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama speech makes Morehouse grads 'proud'

Kunbi Tinuoye
theGRIO REPORT - President Obama delivered a fearless and passionate commencement address at Morehouse College on Sunday, which despite the steady rain, left the crowds captivated...
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Obama to Morehouse grads: Set an example

Darlene Superville, Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) -rically black Morehouse College to seize the power of their example as black men graduating from college...
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resident Barack Obama gives the commencement address to the graduating class of The Ohio State University at Ohio Stadium on May 5, 2013 in Columbus, Ohio. Obama addressed the graduates a year from the day he kicked off his re-election campaign at the campus.The president was also given an honorary degree Doctor of Laws. (Photo by Matt Sullivan/Getty Images)

Obama dares Ohio State grads to 'dream bigger'

Josh Lederman, Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -In a sunbaked stadium filled with more than 57,000 students, friends and relatives, Obama lamented an American political system that gets consumed by 'small things' and works for the benefit of society's elite...
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Graduates of Spelman College listen to actor Danny Glover during commencement ceremonies for the womens'' school May 19, 2002 in Lithonia, GA. Approximately 450 women received their undergraduate degrees from the predominately black school. (Photo by Erik S. Lesser/Getty Images)

Morehouse College athletes charged with raping Spelman student

Kunbi Tinuoye
theGRIO REPORT - The alleged victim claims she was held against her will inside a room on campus at the East Suites on March 8th during Spring Break...
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First lady to address graduates in Ky., Md., Tenn.

Darlene Superville, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Michelle Obama's commencement speaking schedule is taking her to Kentucky, Maryland and Tennessee...
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Bill Clinton to deliver Howard commencement speech

Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Howard University says former President Bill Clinton will deliver the school's commencement address in May...
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Members of the Morehouse College 2002 graduating class sing their school song during commencement ceremonies May 19, 2002 in Atlanta. (Photo by Erik S. Lesser/Getty Images)

Obama to speak at Morehouse College commencement

Darlene Superville, Associated Press
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) - A White House official says President Barack Obama will deliver the commencement address at all-male Morehouse College in Atlanta this spring...
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Viola Davis addresses high school alma mater

theGrio
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. (AP) - Viola Davis on Thursday addressed graduating seniors at the high school in the struggling Rhode Island city where she grew up, urging them to treasure 'hard times and joyous moments'...
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President Barack Obama shakes hands with a cadet at the graduation ceremony for the U.S. Air Force Academy at Falcon Stadium on May 23, 2012 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. U.S. (Photo by Chris Schneider/Getty Images)

Obama to graduates: 'A new feeling about America

theGrio
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - President Barack Obama declared Wednesday the world has a 'new feeling about America' and more respect for its leadership, weaving re-election themes into a commencement speech to jubilant graduates of the U.S. Air Force Academy...
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