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| * Civil rights lawyer Dees to speak at Martin Luther King Jr. celebration |
January 15, 2008
Advisory for journalists covering Dees' MLK lecture at Purdue
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Journalists who want to cover a lecture by award-winning civil rights lawyer Morris Dees on Monday (Jan. 21) at Purdue University must register with the Purdue News Service by noon Thursday (Jan. 17).Registered media can pick up their credentials in the lobby of Stewart Center's Loeb Playhouse from 6-6:30 p.m. the day of the event. All bags will be screened.
To register, contact Greg McClure at (765) 494-9394, gmcclure@purdue.edu.
Dees has requested that flash photography not be used during the speech.
Dees is co-founder and chief counsel of the Southern Poverty Law Center. His lecture is part of Purdue's 2008 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration: Affirming the Dream XIII, Walk the Talk.
Writer: Greg McClure, (765) 494-9394, gmcclure@purdue.edu
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu
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