For many years, slaveowners recognized that an educated Negro is a dangerous Negro.

They were afraid of the heights that Africans in America could achieve if they were given the chance.

They knew that knowledge is a mighty weapon, and that African American would surely use it to gain their freedom.

This Graduation Day you have shown that you are not afraid to learn.
Continue to strive for a good education.

Be strong enough to use the weapon of knowledge to uplift yourself and your people.

That’s what W.E.B. Dubois did. That’s what Thurgood Marshall did.

That’s what you are doing on Graduation Day.

Congratulations!

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