ATTORNEY GENERAL ASHCROFT TO SPEAK AT NATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH COMMEMORATION CEREMONY

The following press release was published by the US Department of Justice on Feb. 19, 2002. It is reproduced in full below.

FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY–NOT FOR RELEASE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2002 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AG (202) 616-2777 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Attorney General John Ashcroft and Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Ralph F. Boyd, Jr. will speak at the National African American History Month Commemoration Ceremony TOMORROW, Wednesday, February 20 at 11:00 a.m.

WHAT: National African American History Month Commemoration Ceremony WHEN: TOMORROW, Feb. 20, 11:00 a.m.

WHERE: Department of Justice The Great Hall 950 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, D.C. 20530 All media interested in attending should arrive no earlier than 10:00 a.m. and may enter the Department through the main entrance on Pennsylvania Avenue. 02-088

Source: US Department of Justice