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Dr. Charles Ogletree

Dr. Charles Ogletree

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Renowned Harvard law professor discloses Alzheimer’s diagnosis at A.M.E. conference

A Harvard law professor who taught both President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama told fellow members of the African Methodist Episcopal Church that his faith is helping him cope with a personal diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. “I’ve made up my mind to be thankful for what I have rather than focus on what I may lose,” an emotional Charles Ogletree said in his bicentennial message at a banquet where, on July 6, 3,000 people kicked off the 50th quadrennial General Conference of the denomination in Philadelphia.