A noted attorney and an award-winning journalist will serve as commencement speakers for the nearly 500 students graduating from Morehouse College May 15.

Charles Ogletree, a professor at Harvard Law School and founder of the school's institute for race and justice, and Gwen Ifill, a veteran journalist and Washington insider, will also receive honorary degrees.

The ceremony will be held at 8 a.m. on the college's Century Campus.