Radio legend Tom Joyner and Chance the Rapper are among those who will deliver words of encouragement 2018’s HBCU grads. See who else made the list below.
Allen University – Rev. Dr. Mark K. Tyler, Pastor of Mother Bethel AME Church (Philadelphia, PA), film maker, educator and talk show host (Baccalaureate speaker)
Mrs. Joan Robinson-Berry, Vice President & General Manager of Boeing South Carolina (Commencement speaker)
Bishop State Community College – Dr. Jill Biden
Alabama State University- Duncan Kirkland
Bowie State University- Eunique Jones Gibson Founder of the Because of Them We Can Campaign
Claflin University – April Ryan, Author and political commentator
Concordia College – Tom Joyner, legendary radio host
Dillard University – Chance the Rapper, musician
Elizabeth City State University – Margaret Spellings, UNC System President
Florida A&M School of Law – Loretta Lynch, 83rd Attorney General of the U.S.
Howard University – Chadwick Boseman, actor (Commencement speaker)
Bree Newsome, Black Lives Matter Activist (Graduate school speaker)
Jackson State University – Chokwe Lumumba, Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi
Jarvis College– Jesse J. Holland, Author
Miles College – Dr. Mae C. Jemison, former astronaut, engineer and physician
Mississippi Valley State University – Sean Suggs, President of Toyota Mississippi
Morgan State University – Tom Joyner, legendary radio host
Morris Brown College – Tom Joyner, legendary radio host
Morehouse College: U.S. Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., Reverend Michael A. Walrond
North Carolina A&T University – Joel Ford, State Senator
Paul Quinn College – Harry LaRosiliere, Mayor of Plano, Texas
Prairie View A&M University – Lonnie Bunch, III, founding director of the Smithsonian African American Museum
Savannah State University – Dr. Marion Orr
Southern A&M University – Angela Rye, Attorney, political analyst and commentator
Spelman College – Rosalind Brewer, COO of Starbucks & Spelman Alumna
Stillman College – Dr. William F. Pickard, Chairman of Global Automotive Alliance, and Co-Managing Partner of MGM Grand Detroit Casino
Tennessee State University – Eric Thomas, undergrad speaker and Keisha Lance Bottoms, Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, graduate speaker
Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law – Congresswoman Maxine Waters
Tougaloo College– NAACP National President and CEO Derrick Johnson
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff– Johnny C. Taylor
Voorhees College- Sheryl Underwood, Actress, and TV Host
Wiley College – Dr. David Beckley, President of Rust College
