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In Remembrance
Spelman celebrates the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Ella Pearson Mitchell, the first woman dean of Sisters Chapel at Spelman. Funeral services for Dr. Mitchell will take place
on Tuesday, December 2, at 11 a.m., at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. Considered the "Dean of Black Women Preachers," Dr. Mitchell graduated from Union Theological Seminary in New York City, where she met her husband Dr. Henry H. Mitchell, with whom she ministered with for more than 60 years. Together, they served as co-mentors in the Doctor of Ministry Program at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio, and were founders of the Ecumenical Center for Black Church Studies in Los Angeles.

News
Christmas Carol Concert Rings
in Holiday Cheer and Goodwill
Now in its 82nd year, the annual Spelman-Morehouse Christmas Carol concert will kick-off the Christmas season for the metro-Atlanta community beginning on Friday, December 5. The combined glee clubs of approximately 100 singers will delight audiences with a mixture of new and traditional favorites including “We Are Christmas” performed by the Spelman College Glee Club and written by Kevin Johnson, chair of the department of music and Sarah Stephens, C’2007. All performances begin at 8 p.m. Doors will open at
7 p.m., and large crowds are expected.

Harry Lefever, Ph.D., professor emeritus of sociology and author of "Undaunted by the Fight: Spelman College and the Civil Rights Movement, 1957-1967," recently released a new book, "Sacred Places: A Guide to the Civil Rights Sites in Atlanta, Georgia." The guide, containing a foreword by Congressman John Lewis, has 67 photographs and descriptions of 37 civil rights sites in Atlanta as well as maps showing the location and directions to each site by MARTA or car.