First Lady Michelle Obama ’85 will be the commencement speaker for Nashville public high school Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet School's graduation on May 17, NewsChannel5.com reported.
The official announcement of the school’s commencement speaker will take place early Thursday morning. Graduation will be held at Tennessee State University's Gentry Center.
Obama has visited Nashville several times throughout her husband’s presidency, most recently in June 2012 to speak at the African Methodist Episcopal Church’s general conference.
Obama has spoken at numerous school graduations in the past. Last year, she delivered the commencement address at Ohio State University and Virginia Tech, as well as Oregon State University, where her brother Craig Robinson ’83 is the basketball coach. In 2011, she spoke to Spelman College and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
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