Clark Atlanta University’s 700 graduates will be sent forth into the world by U.S. House of Representatives Assistant Minority Leader James Clyburn (D-S.C.), who will deliver this year’s commencement address at 8 a.m. Monday on campus in Panther Stadium, 735 Beckwith St., S.W.

On Sunday, the university will hold its baccalaureate service at 10 a.m. in the L. Epps Gymnasium in the Vivian W. Henderson Health and Physical Education Center, located at the corner of Atlanta Student Movement Boulevard (formerly Fair Street) and Vine Street. The speaker is the Rev. Yvette D. Massey, senior pastor at Red Oak United Methodist Church.

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Julian Conley listens during opening statements in his trial at Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. The 25-year-old is accused of fatally shooting 8-year-old Secoriea Turner in July 2020. (Abbey Cutrer/AJC)

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