Trenton, NJ – Governor Jon S. Corzine, Secretary of State Nina Mitchell Wells and Education Commissioner Lucille E. Davy will host a ceremony on Monday, November 20, dedicating the New Jersey Department of Education building to honor U.S. District Court Judge Robert L. Carter.
Judge Carter, now 89, is a pioneering civil rights attorney, an architect of the legal strategy in the Brown v. Board of Education case and a champion of equal educational opportunity for all children.
What: Dedication of the NJDOE Building to honor Judge Robert L. Carter
When: Monday, November 20th 2006
11 a.m.
Where: New Jersey Department of Education Building
100 Riverview Plaza
Trenton, New Jersey
Who: Governor Jon S. Corzine, Judge Robert L. Carter, U.S. Representative Donald M. Payne, New Jersey Secretary of State Nina Mitchell Wells, Education Commissioner Lucille E. Davy, State Board of Education President Dr. Arnold G. Hyndman, New Jersey NAACP President James Harris, Director-Counsel and President of the NAACP Legal Education Fund, Inc. Theodore M. Shaw.
Notes: Reception immediately following the ceremony at the War Memorial. Reporters and photographers welcome.
Reporters interested in speaking with Judge Carter before or after the ceremony should call one of the media contacts to make arrangements for an interview.
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