The Huffington Post reported that President Barrack Obama will give the commencement speech at Morehouse College May 19, 2013. It will be the POTUS’s second commencement speech at a HBCU [he visited Hampton University in 2010].
President of Morehouse John S Wilson Jr. made an announcement this weekend stating he did not ask the president to come, but was notified by the White House in January that President Obama wanted to deliver the speech.
“When I heard that President Obama was visiting I was thrilled beyond measure,” Reggie Sharpe, a graduating senior and Religious Studies major at Morehouse College said. “I feel blessed and honored that God would allow something this awesome to happen the same year I graduate. It is not a coincidence, it is definitely divine providence.”
Evidently, it is a great idea for President Obama to speak at Morehouse.
This May will go down in history as one of the days that HBCUs will receive national attention, and it will bring more awareness to the state of HBCUs.
Morehouse student Stephen Green said, “Obama’s visit makes history as the nation’s foremost socially conscious President visits the headquarters of renaissance Black men with social consciousness.”
Morehouse College helps develop men with disciplined minds who will lead lives of leadership and service. A private historically black liberal arts college for men, Morehouse realizes this mission by emphasizing the intellectual and character development of its students.
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