Sept. 16, 1998
Contact: Carla Simms
(804) 924-3286
cjs8f@virginia.edu

Media notice: According to Mrs. King's contract, reporters are not
allowed to make audio or video recordings of her speech.  The contract
also stipulates that no flash photography is allowed.	

CORETTA SCOTT KING WILL DISCUSS RACE RELATIONS
SEPT. 24 AT CHARLOTTESVILLE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

	Human rights advocate Coretta Scott King will speak at the
Performing Arts Center at Charlottesville High School on Thursday, Sept.
24, at 8 p.m.
	King, widow of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.,
will speak about race relations in the United States.  During her
appearance, sponsored by two University of Virginia organizations, she
will also discuss the richness of multiculturalism. After speaking for
about 45 minutes, she will answer questions from the audience.
	The program, part of the Thomas Jefferson Visiting Lecture
Series, is sponsored by the University Union Speakers Committee and the
Baha'i Association, an organization devoted to the Baha'i faith.
	King is founder, former chairman, president and CEO of the
Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change.  Established
in Atlanta in 1968, the center promotes Martin Luther King's philosophy
of advancing human rights through nonviolence.  
	The King Center works to build interracial coalitions.  In 1974,
for example, the center formed a broad coalition of religious, labor,
business, civil and women's rights organizations to lobby for full
employment and economic opportunity for everyone. King serves as co-
chairperson of the Full Employment Action Council, which represents more
than 100 national organizations dedicated to establishing a federal
policy providing jobs at decent wages for people willing and able to
work.
	Tickets for King's appearance are free to U.Va. students,
faculty and staff who hold valid U.Va. identification cards.  Tickets
for all others are $3.
	
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	Tickets are available in Room 436 of Newcomb Hall. They will
also be available Sept. 24 at the Performing Arts Center, starting at 7
p.m. Although the event is free to U.Va. students, faculty and staff,
all people must have tickets to gain entry to the speech. 
	For more information, call University Union at (804) 924-3286.

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