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Had i given up, i would not stand here today, as a possessor of more than $1 million in scholarship funds. [ cheers and applause ] >> had i given in -- [ applause ] >> -- i would not stand before you today, honored, and humbled, to be the first african-american male valedictorian of booker t. washington high school in more than a decade! [ cheers and applause ] >> well, dionte bridges, the eyes are a little dryer today, but he's getting folks in our studio worked up. did you get overcome with emotion there? we're talking with dionte bridges, a man who overcame so much at booker t. washington h...

All right. our mission possible today. you know what? sometimes we don't bring enough good news. we've got some new. look at that, honored and humbled. i don't know about the humbled part. i've been talking to this man for a few minutes here. but that's dionte bridges, a high school student out of atlanta. comes from one of the tougher neighborhoods here in the atlanta area. booker t. washington high school. he is now the first black male valedictorian at booker t. in some ten years, at least. this is a school that is predominantly black. his internet -- he became an internet sensation, becaus...