Friday, April 02, 2004

Wilmington, N.C.—Ruby Bridges Hall will present the lecture “I Have a Dream…for Wilmington” at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 13 at Kenan Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public, although tickets are required. The event is part of the semester-long UNCW learning community on the Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education and is co-sponsored by UNCW Academic Affairs and the Office of the Chancellor, as well as the Star-News, Wachovia Bank and the Landfall Foundation.

Ruby Bridges Hall was the young girl who integrated New Orleans school system on November 14, 1960. She became famous through the Norman Rockwell painting of her walking alone, between four white federal marshals, into William Frantz Elementary School. Since then she established The Ruby Bridges Foundation and has become a nationally prominent speaker and leader for education.

To reserve tickets or for additional information, call the Kenan Auditorium box office at 910/962-3500 or 800/732-3643. Ticket office hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday.

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Media Contact: Mimi Cunningham, university relations, 910/962-3171 or cunninghamm@uncw.edu. For the most updated information about the installation events, visit www.uncw.edu/chancellor/installation/. For information about the Brown v. Board of Education events, visit www.uncw.edu/brownlc.