The Higher Education of the Other Black Candidate for President

Everyone is well aware of the fact that Barack Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School. But he is not the only African Americans in the 2012 race for the White House.

Republican Herman Cain, who made a considerable sum by turning around Godfather’s Pizza, has tossed his hat into the ring. A fiscal and social conservative, Cain was born in Memphis but raised in Atlanta. He is a graduate of Morehouse College where he double majored in mathematics and physics. Cain earned a master’s degree at Purdue University.

He served in the U.S. Navy and worked for Coca-Cola, Pillsbury, and Burger King, before becoming CEO Godfather’s Pizza. Cain is the author of several books including CEO of Self: You’re in Charge, Leadership Is Common Sense, and They Think You're Stupid: Why Democrats Lost Your Vote and What Republicans Must Do to Keep It.

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