The Atlanta-raised singer, songwriter and sometimes actor CeeLo Green was one of four people awarded honorary diplomas by Atlanta Public Schools this year.

The school board adopted a new initiative allowing honorary diplomas to be bestowed for the following reasons: a person who made exceptional contributions to education, the community or a particular field; a student who died close to graduating; or a student who died during military service that interrupted high school.

Green joined Larry Platt, Bryce Brooks and Bre’Asia Powell in receiving the honor. Platt left high school in the 1960s and became an activist in the Civil Rights Movement. He also gained notoriety in 2010 for performing the song “ Pants on the Ground ” on the TV show “American Idol .” Brooks, the son of Atlanta sch

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