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10:10 a.m. ELIMINATING RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN HOUSING CASES THROUGH INDIVIDUAL COMPLAINTS

A PANEL DISCUSSION WITH

Barbara Knox, Director
Fair Housing & Equal Opportunity
U. S. Department of HUD; Chicago, Illinois

John Relman, General Counsel
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights under Law
Washington, DC

NAACP to Announce Recent Developments in Adam's Mark Case
U.S. Newswire
2 Dec 23:38

NAACP Announces Recent Developments in Adam's Mark Case
To: Assignment Desk, Daybook Editor
Contact: NAACP Office of Communications, 410-486-9227

News Advisory:

WHO:
-- Kweisi Mfume, President and CEO NAACP;
-- Dennis Hayes, General Counsel NAACP;
-- John Relman of Relman and Associates.

WHAT:
News conference

WHEN:
Monday, Dec. 3, 2001 at noon.

WHERE:
NAACP National Headquarters Building, 4805 Mt. Hope Drive,
Baltimore, Md. 21215

WHY:
To announce recent developments in the case of Gilliam v. HBE
Corporation parent company of Adam's Mark Hotels and the NAACP
boycott of Adam's Mark Hotels.

Founded in 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People (NAACP) is the nation's oldest and largest civil
rights organization. Its half-million adult and youth members
throughout the United States and the world are the premier
advocates for civil rights in their communities and monitor equal
opportunity in the public and private sectors.

KEYWORDS:

ADVISORY, CIVIL RIGHTS, MARYLAND

http://www.usnewswire.com
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/U.S. Newswire 202-347-2770/

12/02 23:30

"This settlement is the product of a cooperative effort between Florida Attorney General Bob Butterworth and the State of Florida -- John Relman, who represents the plaintiff's attorneys -- and Bill Lann Lee, the Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division. This type of cooperation, at the federal and state level, as well as between the public sector and the private sector, should serve as a model for the future.