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November 9, 2007
ATTENTION ...... Metro, Political and Broadcast editors:
Event to honor African-American lawyers, judges, legislators
The University of South Carolina School of Law will serve as host to the second Legacy of Freedom Celebration, honoring past and present African Americans dedicated to equal rights, Friday, Nov. 9. The symposium, “19th-Century African-American Congressmen, Legislators and Judges in South Carolina,” will be held from 2 – 5:30 p.m. in Room 135 of the law school. It will feature panels of historians and legal scholars discussing leading African-American judges, legislators, and congressmen who served during Reconstruction and in the two decades afterward.
For more information or to arrange coverage, contact Bond Nickles in the Office of Media Relations, 803-777-5400.
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