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NOTABLES IN THE CLASS OF 1969


                                                                    *Indicates First
               ARTS


               *Arnita Michelle                              *Maureen Akua                                 ordained Priest in the
                                                                                                           Episcopal Church in 1999
               Smith was the Founding                        McDaniel was the                              from the Diocese of Atlanta

               Executive Director of the                     Founding Director of the                      who is a member of a local
               National Black Arts Festival                  Spelman College Museum                        Episcopal Church.

               who took it from a concept                    of Fine Art, Visual Arts
               without funding, staff or                     Curator of the National Black
               offices to a $2.5 million                     Arts Festival and United

               operation raising $4.2 million                States Representative to
               and attracting 1.1 million                    Festac’77- second world
               tourists.  Michelle also                      Black and African Festival of

               served Spelman as
               Assistant to the President,                   Arts and Culture in Lagos,
                                                             Nigeria
               Interim Secretary of the

               College and Special Advisor                   *Bonita Johnson Perry
               or Campaign Events.                           was the first Black Associate                 Merchuria Chase

                                                             Director at the Smithonian                    Williams, Ph.D. is an
                                                             Museun of Art and History                     ordained Elder in the African
                                                                                                           Methodist Episcopal Zion
                                                             Clergy

                                                             *Carolynne Juanita                            Church. Ordained in 2003,
                                                                                                           she currently serves as the
                                                             Grant Williams is the 1st                     Senior Elder at Shaw

                                                             African American woman                        Temple A. M. E. Zion
                                                                                                           Church where she is the
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