Commencement Address Archives

Entertainment March 3, 2025

The iconic performer and humanitarian will add to his list of stellar accomplishments in his address to the class of…

Featured April 16, 2021

The famed scholar-activist and acclaimed actress are set to address Spelman College’s respective graduating classes of '21 and '20.

Entertainment May 18, 2017

During New York University's 2017 commencement, Pharrell Williams gave an inspirational commencement address in which he spoke about women's rights.

News May 7, 2016

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is advising Howard University graduates that profound changes lie ahead for the nation’s economy

Politics April 14, 2016

President Obama will deliver the commencement address at Howard University next month, according to a statement released by the White…

News June 10, 2015

CHICAGO (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama drew on her hometown connections and personal struggles from college and the White

News October 2, 2014

FRACKVILLE, Pennsylvania (AP) — A man serving life in prison for killing a Philadelphia police officer in 1981 has been

Opinion June 11, 2013

OPINION - Are the president’s remarks about fatherlessness being twisted in the public sphere and used to support the caricature…

Black History Month May 19, 2013

ATLANTA (AP) -rically black Morehouse College to seize the power of their example as black men graduating from college...

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