morehouse college men thanked oprah with kristin chenoworth singing for good

teacher you've been my very best friend for 35 years it's no secret about that I've watched you do some amazing things big things you make dreams come true cars and trips your favorite things but I never see you get more excited when you give the ultimate gift of Education because Oprah always says you can truly set someone free well Oprah for more than 30 years thirty years you have bestowed the most amazing friendship on me you've given me love support wisdom and most of all the truth and I know and I know I'm not alone in receiving those gifts from you you've taught young women and men to focus on learning everything they can so that they can give the world everything that they are the number of lives transformed because of you yep it's staggering so girlfriend we want you to turn around and take a look at this because of mum Oprah I went to school because of Oprah I went to because of you Oprah I went to school because of you I wish because of Oprah I went to school please welcome another very good friend of yours Maria who's that that's Tyler Perry I don't think you guys heard that 64,000 688 I'm telling you what I know about this woman is she has lived her life pushing her destiny to its boundaries with the wind of God at her back you've often said that when you educate a black man you empower families you empower sons and daughters and you change generations that's exactly what you've done on your show for 25 years and what you've done for 415 men at Morehouse College in Atlanta take a look at this I graduated from Morehouse College in window on to Yale Law School I'm a leader in a billion-dollar multinational hedge fund I am a Rhodes Scholar I am getting my doctorate at Harvard I am a major in the Air Force and a physician who treated wounded soldiers in Iraq I grew up in an environment where I saw friends relatives cousins being incarcerated being killed being shot not receiving a college education was certain death so receiving the Oprah Winfrey scholarship immediately impacted my life because it made an education possible I got into Morehouse and I was doing well but I did not have the money to stay in school my mother was stricken with Lou Gehrig's disease it was my mother's dream that I would graduate from Morehouse thanks to Oprah Winfrey and her scholarship I was able to achieve that dream unfortunately my mother did not live to see it happen so I feel that Oprah Winfrey took over maybe where my mother left off I was on the verge of being kicked out of school because my parents were unable to pay my tuition without the Oprah scholarship I would have never become a physician I literally went from homelessness not having anything so now I can build a future it's like my whole world opened up I walk into the world with a sense of confidence a sense of esteem at a sense of purpose I have worked hard to be a contributor in my community the way the way that I've worked to serve my family organizations the way that I mentored and volunteered I would show her that I've honored the legacy and the contribution that she's given to me in the way that I've dedicated my life to serving others time and time again on The Oprah Show we've learned the importance of paying it forward many of these Morehouse graduates that you entered over are going to do just that together they pledged more than three hundred thousand dollars of their own money to educate future Morehouse men a few of those very proud men are here today because of you to thank you and to show you that by giving them an education you've helped light up this world please welcome Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth I've heard it say but people come into our lives for a reason bringing something we must learn and we to those who help us most to grow if we let and we help them in return well I don't need I believe that's true but I know insane Oh by big who first was that amazing yes okay

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Keywords: Oprah, Winfrey, 2011, 05, 24, Farewell, Spectacular, Part, HDTV, Xvid, NBC

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Length: 9min 59sec (599 seconds)

Published: Sat Oct 01 2011