Spelman College’s 125th commencement ceremony took place Sunday, May 20th.
More than five hundred bachelor’s degrees were handed out.
Media mogul and philanthropist Oprah Winfrey addressed the graduates inside the Georgia International Convention Center.
Winfrey reminded the graduates that their years of hard work are to be shared with those that were lynched, beaten and marched for civil rights.
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