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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Dr. C. Eric Lincoln, noted scholar and author on Black Muslims, to give baccalaureate speech at Luther Judson Price High School on May 20 to 215 graduates. Includes his academic credentials and book. Commencement Tuesday after exams.
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Dr. C. Eric Lincoln, Administrative Assistant to the President of Clark College and widely respected authority on the Muslim movement in America, will deliver the Baccalaureate Address to 215 candidates for graduation of Luther Judson Price High School. Baccalaureate Services will begin at 9 a.m. Sunday morning, May 20 in the school's gymnatorium.
Dr. Lincoln received his A.B. degree from LeMoyne College, his M.A. from the University of Chicago and Fisk University; his B.D. from the University of Chicago Divinity School and his Ph.D. in Social Ethics from Boston University Graduate School.
He is an ordained minister in The Methodist Church, was the Resident Chaplain, Boston University School of Theology, 1958-1960 and has been guest lecturer at Boston and Harvard Universities and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He is the author of "The Black Muslims in America" which has stirred the country and has won for Dr. Lincoln recognition throughout the country.
COMMENCEMENT TUESDAY
The 215 members of this year's Price High graduating class have been through a grueling week beginning with examinations Monday, continuing Wednesday and
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Luther Judson Price High School's Gymnatorium
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Sunday Morning, May 20
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Dr. C. Eric Lincoln, authority on the Muslim movement in America, will deliver the Baccalaureate Address to 215 graduating seniors at Price High School. His educational and professional background is outlined, including degrees from LeMoyne College, University of Chicago, Fisk University, and Boston University, and authorship of 'The Black Muslims in America'. Commencement is scheduled for Tuesday after a week of examinations.