Nightly News | May 11, 2011
Memphis school wins Obama graduation speech
After increasing their graduation rate from 55 percent to 82 percent in three years, Booker T Washington High School in Memphis received news from the White House that they won the nationwide "Race to the Top" challenge. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
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This content comes from Closed Captioning that was broadcast along with this program.
male announcer: reporting, there hasn't been a lot ogood news in memphis, but they got some last night when they heard that booker t. washington high school has won the top prize in, increasing the graduation rate from 52% to 82% in just three years. now, wait until you hear their reward. president obama will speak at commencement there this coming monday.