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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
