Morehouse College made history on Sunday, May 19 when President Barack Obama delivered the 129th commencement address on the Century Campus. It was the first time a sitting president has given a May commencement address in Georgia, and the first time in three-quarters of a century that one has delivered any commencement speech in Georgia. Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave a summer commencement address at the University of Georgia in 1938. The 500 graduating seniors were diligent and patient as the president delivered their commencement address amid the downpour and they were joined by nearly 10,000 family and friends. –yvette caslin
