The Most Revolutionary
A commencement speech given by Silas House at Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, 3 May 2014 I’ve spoken at many commencements but I don't believe I've ever been so honored to be speaking because you are my people, and I am so proud of you. I know how happy you are that four years—or more—of struggle are finished. I have been humbled and moved and inspired by the journey of so many of you. The best part of teaching at Berea is that I learn something from each of you every day. I know this is a day of celebration for you, and rightly so. Because you have worked hard, you have fought the good fight. You are revolutionary because you are committed to knowledge in a time and world that increasingly values dumbness and apathy, a world that celebrates the talentless and makes celebrities out of the undignified. You are revolutionary because you are a generation that is demanding equality in a way no generation ever before has. Because I have