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Senator Clarke & Civil Rights Department To Hold Detroit Press Conference On CMU Nooses

Contact: Harold Core 517-241-3986
Agency: Civil Rights

November 16, 2007

WHO: Michigan State Senator Hansen Clarke & Linda V. Parker, Director of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights

WHAT: Holding a press conference to publicly address the discovery of four nooses hung on the campus of Central Michigan University

WHEN: TODAY, Friday, November 16, 2007 at 1 1:30 AM

WHERE: The Michigan Department of Civil Rights-Detroit Office, Cadillac Place Building, 3054 W. Grand Blvd., 3^rd Floor, in Detroit.

WHY: Yesterday Central Michigan University announced that a student found four nooses hanging in a classroom inside the Engineering and Technology Building on Monday.

For more information on the Department of Civil Rights visit the website at http://www.michigan.gov/mdcr .


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