Longwood Commencement speakers urge Class of 2024 graduates to measure success by their impact on the lives of others

The undergraduate ceremony was held inside the Joan Perry Brock Center because of forecasted storms - A panoramic view of an undergraduate commencement ceremony in an arena. Graduates in blue caps and gowns fill the floor seating. Family and friends pack the surrounding stands. A large screen above the stage displays the speaker at the podium.

On the weekend that marked the 70th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling, over 1,000 Longwood graduates heard words of wisdom delivered by two Commencement speakers—Joan Johns Cobbs and A.E. Dick Howard—with ties to legal cases centered in Farmville that changed the trajectory of the country and national civil rights history.

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