A look at Lincoln University's commencement, including a posthumous honorary degree for a WWII vet

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A look at Lincoln University's commencement, including a posthumous honorary degree for a WWII vet
Nelson Henry Jr., a World War II veteran who battled racism in the Army and worked for almost 75 years to clear his name after receiving a "blue discharge," received an honorary doctorate posthumously from Lincoln University at the university’s 161st commencement.

A look at Lincoln University's commencement, including a posthumous honorary degree for a WWII vet
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Lincoln University, the nation’s first degree-granting Historically Black College and University (HBCU), educates and empowers students to lead their communities and change the world. Lincoln offers a rigorous liberal arts education to a diverse student body of approximately 2,200 men and women in more than 35 undergraduate and graduate programs.