ATLANTA Hundreds of Atlanta high school seniors were chastised and cheered today by comedian Bill Cosby and civil rights icon Joseph Lowery.

Cosby was a former high school dropout who went on to earn a doctoral degree and is now a staunch supporter of higher education. He was the keynote speaker at Lowery’s sixth annual lecture series on civic participation. The two men shared a stage at Frederick Douglass High School in northwest Atlanta, which hosted the event for Atlanta Public Schools seniors. read on