Global media entrepreneur Oprah Winfrey will be the keynote speaker at Johnson C. Smith University’s 149th Commencement Exercises Sunday, May 15, 2016.
Morehouse President Shares Story Behind How 300 Grads Brought Oprah to Tears [VIDEO]
Source: Connie Ann Kirk, Examiner.com & CNN Amid the high-profile singers, actors, journalists, and others paying tribute to Oprah Winfrey at the “Surprise Oprah! A Farewell Spectacular” event the second part of which aired on The Oprah Winfrey Show on Tuesday, a group of men most people do not know hit a high note that […]
Morehouse Grad Recounts Experience On Oprah Show Finale
Mansfield native Marco Holt says participating in one of Oprah Winfrey’s final shows was awe-inspiring. Marco is one of the 300 Oprah scholars who walked the stage, holding a lit candle, saying “thank you” to Winfrey for what she did many years ago for the graduates. Marco received an Oprah Scholarship, which according to him, […]
Morehouse Men Surprise Oprah During Goodbye Shows [VIDEO]
Source: Monica Pearson, WSB-TV The Oprah Winfrey Show will end a historic 25 year run Wednesday. Producers taped two of the final shows at Chicago’s United Center last week and Channel 2’s Monica Pearson was there. Pearson knew before Oprah that hundreds of “Morehouse Men” would also be an emotional part of her surprise spectacular. […]