Date:  01/21/1997  05:52 pm  (Tuesday)
      From:  Stacey Suyat
        To:  SIWP15.SILIB.TBICKLEY, MMIERI
   Subject:  Keynote announcement

Tom & Magdalena-
Here is the e-mail announcement for the keynote event. I will make up
another for the civil rights panel. Thanks for your help!
-Stacey
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The Smithsonian Institution 1997 Black History Month Keynote Address

REASSESSING CIVIL RIGHTS
by ELAINE JONES, director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and
Educational Fund

Monday, February 3 at 12 noon
Carmichael Auditorium, National Museum of American History
12th & Constitution Ave., NW
Metro: Federal Triangle
Admission: Free

Elaine Jones has worked for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational
Fund (LDF) for over 20 years, and has served as the organization's
director-counsel since 1993. In this address, Ms. Jones will draw upon
her experiences as a civil rights attorney to discuss the legacy of the
civil rights movement and its unfinished agenda.  In ther work with LDF,
Ms. Jones has tried precedent-setting cases in the areas of employment
discrimination, environmental justice and capital punishment.

This event is free and open to the public. Seating is on a first-come,
first-served basis. The Carmichael Auditorium is wheel chair accessible.

Presented by the Smithsonian Institution 1997 Black History Month
Planning Committee. Call 202/786-2403 for questions.