ATTORNEY GENERAL ASHCROFT TO PARTICIPATE IN 50TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION OF BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.- Attorney General John Ashcroft will participate in the Justice Department’s 50th Anniversary Commemoration of Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark Supreme Court decision that outlawed segregated public school facilities, TOMORROW, MAY 13 at 2:00 p.m. in the Great Hall. He will be joined by Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division R. Alexander Acosta, Congressman Artur Davis of the 7th District of Alabama and Rear Admiral Barry C. Black (Ret.), 62nd Chaplain of the United States Senate.

WHO: Attorney General John Ashcroft
Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, R. Alexander Acosta
Congressman Artur Davis, 7th District of Alabama
Rear Admiral Barry C. Black (Ret.), 62nd Chaplain of the United States Senate.

WHAT: Justice Department’s 50th Anniversary Commemoration of Brown v. Board of Education

WHEN: TOMORROW, MAY 13, 2004
2:00 p.m.

WHERE: Main Justice
Great Hall
950 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, D.C. 20530

NOTE: Media interested in attending the event can begin set-up at 1:00 p.m and should enter through the Constitution entrance gates located between 9th and 10th streets.

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