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A history lesson on Morehouse College

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MAY 24 - MAY 30, 2013

VOLUME 21 NO. 21

A MOREHOUSE MAN In a speech to more than 500 graduates of America’s only allmale historically Black college or university, President Obama focused on personal responsibility and ‘no excuses’ as the keys to success.

President Obama, accompanied by Morehouse College President John Sylvanus Wilson, Jr., waves to graduates, family and friends attending the college’s 129th commencement ceremony in Atlanta.

address, Obama urged For full coverage about Obama at Morehouse, read graduates headed to law Page A3 through A6 and B1. school to make sure they “defend the powerless” during their careers. He COMPILED FROM WIRE said new physicians should AND STAFF REPORTS find ways to “heal folks in communiATLANTA – President underserved ties,” and business school Obama urged Morehouse College graduates to use graduates should consider their education to help oth- “putting people to work, or ers and to work for “some- transforming a neighborthing larger than yourself,” hood.” citing the example of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Lu- ‘Widen your circle’ ther King Jr., a Morehouse Obama said his own sucalumnus. cesses have depended less In his commencement on his Ivy League degrees

and grades than on “the special obligation I felt, as a Black man like you, to help those who needed it most... So it’s up to you to widen your circle of concern.” Obama spoke to about 500 graduates and their families, and thousands of alumni and other onlookers. He and the school’s top leadership remained dry onstage during his 32-minute address to the graduating class of 2013, while everyone else got soaking wet during an occasionally violent thunderstorm that started almost immediately after the event began. Umbrellas were not allowed on site, so the college handed out clear plastic ponchos which did little to keep people dry. “I see some moms and grandmas here, aunts, in their Sunday best, although they are upset about their hair getting messed up,” he See OBAMA, Page A2

Wyatt wins lawsuit against B-CU

2013 MOORE TORNADO

Other Reed-era lawsuits continue Read the judge’s legal decision at www.flcourier.com. BY JAMES HARPER FLORIDA COURIER

Still alive

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A woman is pulled out from under the rubble in Moore, Okla., on May 20 after a tornado with peak winds of an estimated 210 miles per hour hit the town. At least 24 people were killed, including at least nine children. Read Oklahoma native Karsceal Turner’s commentary about the tornado on Page A2.

DAYTONA BEACH – Former Bethune CookmanUniversity head football coach Alvin “Shine” Wyatt, Sr. won his breach of contract lawsuit against the Daytona Beach-based school and has been awarded almost $770,000. The decision was announced Wednesday after a non-jury trial that concluded May 17. Wyatt’s case was just one of 13 state and federal lawsuits and administrative complaints filed in less than two years against the school – and personally against former B-CU President Trudie Kibbe Reed – as indicated in a nine-part investigative See WYATT, Page A2

Gov. Scott quietly signs elections bill FROM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA

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With new election changes, legislators hope that long voting lines are a thing of Florida’s past.

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Gov. Rick Scott’s office confirmed Tuesday that he quietly signed a bill Monday aimed at cleaning up the voting problems that plagued parts of the state during the November elections. Scott apparently signed the legislation (HB 7013) before heading to Chile for a trade mission. But the governor’s office didn’t announce the signing until Tuesday afternoon.

Fixes problems Elections reform vaulted to the top of legislative priorities after the November problems, which included some Florida voters not casting ballots until after television networks had projected President Barack Obama the winner nationwide. It also took days before Obama was declared the winner in Florida. The bill would allow up to 14 days for early voting, though local supervisors could remain at the current eight days, and allows for more flexibility with early voting sites. It would limit the length of some ballot summaries for constitutional amendments. And it would dissolve a committee that sets the date of the presidential primary and in-

SNAPSHOTS FLORIDA | B2

Coalition of Black Trade Unionists meet in Orlando

See SCOTT, Page A2

Residents urged to prepare for hurricane season BUSINESS | B3

Cramming gains foothold in cell-phone marketplace FINEST | B5

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COMMENTARY: CHARLES W. CHERRY II: Obama’s Morehouse speech gets a ‘B-minus’ grade | A4 GUEST COMMENTARY: Betsegaw Tadele: ‘we shall remember this day’ | A4


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