place of graduation

In the interim, the community held an impromptu ceremony Thursday in place of graduation at Marlin Missionary Baptist Church.

On Thursday, McConnell even saw contempt from his own place of graduation when V. Faye Jones, the Interim Senior Associate Vice President of Diversity and Equity at the university, wrote in a campus-wide email: "To imply that slavery is not an important part of United States history not only fails to provide a true representation of the facts, but also denies the heritage, culture, resilience and survival of Black people in America."

Friends bring flowers to the place of graduation which are sent up, either by the ushers, who are chosen among intimates of the classmates, or by tiny boys dressed as pages.