This graduation speech from a death-row inmate sparked a national outcry nearly 2 decades ago

Reuters/Jim Bourg These days, even commencement speakers aren’t safe from criticism aimed at their political or personal beliefs. President Obama, for example, gave the 2009 Notre Dame graduation speech and endured shouts of “baby killer!” in response to his position on abortion rights. But the outcry over Obama’s speech doesn’t come close to the controversy that erupted when Evergreen […]