Obama Tells Memphis Grads Their Success Inspires Him
President Barack Obama greets graduating students, some overcome with emotion, before the Booker T. Washington High School graduation ceremony on May 16 in Memphis, Tenn. The school won this year's Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge.
—Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images
President Barack Obama hailed the transformation of a once struggling but venerable Memphis, Tenn., high school last week, telling its graduates: "You inspire me....
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