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"The Dream Recalled; the Hope Reclaimed"
Read the text of the Commencement Address presented by Dr. Ruth J. Simmons, 2024 commencement speaker and recipient of a Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa, from the State University of New York at Old Westbury.