Education: Kudos: Round 1

ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY

Ralph David Abernathy, LL.D., civil rights leader. Because of what he represents in his person, in his integrity and in his ideals, there is still hope that this nation will some day overcome man's injustice to man.

Carl Rowan, LL.D., journalist and former U.S. Ambassador to Finland. George Wallace, LL.D., Governor of Alabama.

ATLANTA UNIVERSITY

Cicely Tyson, Litt.D., actress. Andrew Young, LL.D., Democratic Congressman from Georgia. You have made injustice visible to a generation that needs truth as never before.

CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY

Mary Wells Lawrence, LL.D., advertising executive.

COLLEGE OF STEUBENVILLE

John Glenn, Sc.D., astronaut. He helped push back the dragons from uncharted regions of space.

COLUMBIA...

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