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1968: Civil Rights - Then and Now

Wednesday 17 September 2008

For further information, and to reserve your place, please contact:

Caroline McNeill, School of Politics & International Studies, Queen's University Belfast

Tel: (028) 9097 3061 / Email: c.mcneill@qub.ac.uk

Michelle Madden, School of Law, Queen's University Belfast

Tel: (028) 9097 3452 / Email: m.madden@qub.ac.uk

INTERNATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS CONFERENCE
DERRY 4-5 OCTOBER 2008

On behalf of the Civil Rights 1968 Commemoration Committee, I wish to invite you to attend an international conference on Saturday 4^th – Sunday 5^th October 2008 in the Guildhall in Derry to commemorate the Duke Street march.

The conference will reflect on civil rights, highlight the civil rights challenges today and look at the role of the media in civil rights.

Speakers will include civil right leaders, community and political representatives.

There will be a keynote address from Irish President Mary McAleese. See agenda attached

If wish to invite you to attend this important conference, please contact Tim Attwood, Secretary Civil Rights Commemoration Committee at Tel: 07802 279939

E:civilrights1968@yahoo.co.uk Website: www.nicivilrights.org