#466: 08-09-00 DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDER TO HONOR CIVIL RIGHTS PIONEER RUBY BRIDGES AT CEREMONY AT CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART

NOT FOR RELEASE - FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY AG WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2000 (202) 514-2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TDD (202) 514-1888 DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDER TO HONOR CIVIL RIGHTS PIONEER RUBY BRIDGES AT CEREMONY AT CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART WASHINGTON, D.C. - Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder will join in honoring Ruby Bridges on the 40^th anniversary of her historic walk into a formerly all-white school, which began the integration of the New Orleans public school system. To commemorate this anniversary, the Deputy Attorney General will make Ms. Bridges an Honorary U.S. Marshal at Thursday's ceremony. The ceremony will be held at the Corcoran Gallery of Art where Norman Rockwell's depiction of this incident, entitled The Problem We all Live With, is on temporary exhibition. The ceremony, which begins at 4:00 p.m., will be held in the Frances and Armand Hammer Auditorium. This event coincides with the 17^th Annual convention of the National Black Prosecutors' Association. WHEN: Thursday, August 10, 2000 4:00 p.m. WHERE: Corcoran Gallery of Art Frances and Armand Hammer Auditorium New York Avenue and 17^th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. NOTE: This information is for planning purposes only and may not be released or distributed. This event is open to the press. Media interested in attending this event can contact the Corcoran's Public Affairs Office at (202) 639-1704. ### 00-466