Dr.. Molefi Kete Asante reads: 

The naming of things is the defining of things. The naming of persons is the defining of persons. Today we claim the names that relate to our experiences and our histories. Those who named us gave us the names they knew. They had been denied knowledge of our true names. So our names are often French, Portuguese, English, Dutch, German, Spanish, and Irish. But we are Africans. Today we claim all of our identity. We respect those who named us first, but we fulfill the promise that they had when we were born---that we be fully human. 

Dr. Julius Garvey reads: 

They took your name.  They took your history. They took your name. 
And without a name you were lost, disconnected, and dislocated from the body of the African people.  

Reverend Dr. Joy Clark reads:
 
Now by the grace of God and the ancestors, here among friends and those who love you, you have found your name. 

Dr. Molefi Asante reads: 

On this occasion and before these witnesses and in the presence of God and the ancestors, our mighty witnesses, Harriet Tubman, Marcus Garvey, Nat Turner, Malcolm X, Queen Mother Moore, Kwame Ture, John Henrik Clarke, Mary Mcleod Bethune, Amy Jacques Garvey, and Martin Luther King, Jr. 

I pronounce you______________________________.   

Rejoice and know that you are a new person.