The university's first African-American student will deliver the keynote address of the first African-American Graduation Celebration.
Dr. Richard Holmes, a Birmingham, Ala., physician who enrolled in MSU in the summer of 1965, will speak May 8 at 7 p.m. in the Colvard Union small auditorium.
Designed as a way to "honor African-American graduates in an intimate setting," the celebration is scheduled the day before the university's regular commencement. The theme is "Today's Leaders: Inspired by Our Past, Claiming Excellence in a New Millennium."
Holmes received his bachelor's degree in 1969 and his master's in 1972 from Mississippi State. The Richard Holmes Cultural Diversity Center was named in his honor in 1991.
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