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Syd Carpenter was appointed to the Peggy Chan Professorship in Black Studies at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. An artist, Professor Carpenter’s work is represented in 17 collections nationally, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Professor Carpenter holds a bachelor of fine arts degree and a master of fine arts degree from Temple University in Philadelphia.
Tiffany Murphy, associate professor of law and director of the Criminal Practice Clinic at the University of Arkansas School of Law, has been given the added duties as associate dean for academic affairs. She joined the University of Arkansas faculty in 2014 after teaching at the Oklahoma City University School of Law.
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Joyce Mosley stands in Eden Cemetery on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. Mosely believes she has nearly 100 relatives buried at Eden. (Ryan Collerd for PlanPhilly)
Google “Eden Cemetery” and you’re bound to encounter an impressive list of influential Black Philadelphians laid to rest there. Absalom Jones, Marian Anderson, Octavius Catto, Julian Abele, Frances Harper, and William Still are a few of the well-known figures who come up.
But Eden’s story is larger than its “notables.” Its very existence was shaped by segregation and the fight for civil rights, a history legible in its archival documents, material culture, and physical design, if you know how to read them.
CM Sonowal releases e-book on Vrindavani Vastra Vrindavani Vastra an e-book authored by Shri Mrinal Chandra Kalita was released by CM Sonowal at Assam Legislative Assembly in Guwahati on Wednesday
| 30 Dec 2020 3:37 PM GMT
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday released an e-book titled Vrindavani Vastra authored by Shri Mrinal Chandra Kalita at a function held at Assam Legislative Assembly in Guwahati.
Along with CM Sonowal, state BJP president Ranjit Kumar Dass, state minister for health and family welfare Pijush Hazarika, media advisor to the chief minister, Hrishikesh Goswami, MLA Prasanta Phukan, and many other dignitaries were also present at the book launch programme.