President Obama is hooded by attorney Vernon E. Jordan, a member of Howard University’s Board of Trustees, as he receives an honorary doctor of laws degree during the Washington institution’s graduation ceremonies last Saturday.
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Obama to Howard grads: ‘Be confident in your blackness’
In his final seven months as America’s first African-American president, President Obama advised Howard University graduates on how to excel and impact change as black people in America.
