Under dark skies, a line of Morehouse College faculty members played African drums as they led the graduating class of 2025 to their commencement ceremony Sunday morning.
Cheers erupted moments later as the students walked past rows of family members and friends as the master of ceremonies announced the start of a “glorious day,” despite the threatening weather.
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Sunday was glorious indeed for the students at Morehouse, Clark Atlanta University and Spelman College, Atlanta’s three largest historically Black schools, which, in a rare move, held their commencement ceremonies on the same day.
Clark Atlanta usually holds its commencement a day earlier. Morehouse School of Medicine and Morris Brown College held their graduation ceremonies Saturday…