South Carolina Congressman Clyburn to speak at CAU graduation
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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Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.
