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World Service,5 mins

The greatest graduation speech of all time?

Newsday

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Last week Donovan Livingston performed a spoken-word poem at his Harvard University graduation ceremony. In it he described the difficulties that have historically faced black Americans seeking an education. And then Harvard posted it on Facebook and now its had more than ten million views. Many are calling it the best graduation speech of all time - so what does he think of all the attention? Newsday's Alan Kasujja and Nkem Ifejika spoke to him. (Photo: Donovan Livingston delivering his speech Credit: Harvard University)

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