Oprah delivers commencement address at Spelman graduation

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Oprah delivers the commencement address at the Spelman graduation on Sunday.

Oprah Winfrey delivers the commencement address to the Spelman College 2012 graduation class at the Georgia International Convention Center in College Park Sunday.

Oprah Winfrey greets the Spelman College 2012 graduation class as she delivers the commencement address at the Georgia International Convention Center.

The Spelman College Class of 2012 makes its way past family and friends during the processional at the beginning of commencement.

Salutatorian Alexia V. Williams (left) accepts her diploma from Spelman president Beverly Daniel Tatum (right) during the Spelman College 2012 Commencement.

Spelman alumna Dazon Dixon Diallo, Class of 1986, (right, with hands up) acknowledges applause from the graduating class as she receives an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree during the Spelman College 2012 Commencement.

Actress, playwright, author and professor Anna Deavere Smith (left) accepts an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Spelman president Beverly Daniel Tatum (right) during the Spelman College 2012 Commencement.

Graduates and everyone on stage rise to sing "A Choice to Change the World" during the Spelman College 2012 Commencement at the Georgia International Convention Center.

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Oprah Winfrey delivers the commencement address to the Spelman College 2012 graduation class at the Georgia International Convention Center in College Park Sunday.

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