The President gave the Commencement Address at Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis

The President gave the Commencement Address at Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis.


U.S. President Barack Obama delivers the commencement address for Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis, Tennessee May 16, 2011.

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Booker T. Washington High School's Video to the President:



Christopher Dean introduces President Obama








President Barack Obama stands with, graduate Christopher Dean, right, and Principal Alisha Kiner, before he delivers the commencement address at the Booker T. Washington High School graduation at Cook Convention Center in Memphis, Tenn. , Monday, May 16, 2011.





U.S. President Barack Obama (L) talks with student Christopher Dean before Dean introduced Obama to deliver the commencement address for Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis, Tennessee May 16, 2011.














US President Barack Obama greets graduating students before the Booker T. Washington High School graduation ceremony May 16, 2011 at the Cook Convention Center in Memphis, Tennessee. The school is the winner of this year's Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge.
----MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images



U.S. President Barack Obama comforts a student overcome with emotion after speaking with the graduating class from Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis, Tennessee on their commencement day May 16, 2011.
----REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque



President Barack Obama greets graduates, some overcome with emotion, before he delivers the commencement address at the Booker T. Washington High School graduation at Cook Convention Center in Memphis, Tenn., Monday, May 16, 2011.
-----AP Photo/Charles Dharapak



Students react with tears and laughter after meeting President Barack Obama before he delivers the commencement address at the Booker T. Washington High School graduation at Cook Convention Center in Memphis, Tenn., Monday, May 16, 2011.
---AP Photo/Charles Dharapak




US President Barack Obama greets graduating students before the Booker T. Washington High School graduation ceremony May 16, 2011 at the Cook Convention Center in Memphis, Tennessee. The school is the winner of this year's Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge.
---- MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images


US President Barack Obama greets Christopher Dean before delivering the commencement address at the Booker T. Washington High School graduation ceremony May 16, 2011 at the Cook Convention Center in Memphis, Tennessee. The school is the winner of this year's Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge.
---- MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images



A student wipes away a tear after meeting US President Barack Obama as he spoke to graduating students before the Booker T. Washington High School graduation ceremony May 16, 2011 at the Cook Convention Center in Memphis, Tennessee. The school is the winner of this year's Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge.
----- MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images


President Barack Obama congratulates a student as diplomas are presented at the commencement ceremony for Booker T. Washington High School on Monday, May 16, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn.
----AP Photo/Mark Humphrey



President Barack Obama is greeted by Booker T. Washington High School students Cassandra Henderson, left, and Christopher Dean, after stepping off Air Force One in Memphis, Tenn., Monday, May 16, 2011, for private meetings with families affected by flooding and to deliver the commencement address at Booker T. Washington High School.
----AP Photo/Charles Dharapak




May 16, 2011 – Booker T. Washington High School sweethearts Ruthie, 79, and Alphonzo Davis, 82, came to hear President Barack Obama speak to graduates of the high school at the Cook Convention Center on Monday. The two have been married for 61 years.