MEDIA CONTACT: Wendy Leopold at (847) 491-4890 or at w-leopold@northwestern.edu

January 27, 2004

Juan Williams to Discuss Race Relations

EVANSTON, Ill. --- One of America's best known journalists will talk at Northwestern University about race relations in the United States 50 years after the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision declaring that separate but equal schools were not equal at all. Juan Williams' remarks at 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 16, are part of the Medill School of Journalism's popular Crain Lecture Series.

Williams, National Public Radio senior correspondent and Fox News political analyst, will present "Brown vs. The Board of Education 50 Years Later" at the McCormick Tribune Center Forum, 1870 Campus Drive, on Northwestern's Evanston campus. The event is free and open to the public.

Williams is author of the critically acclaimed biography "Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary," which this year has been reissued with a new epilogue to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the historic Brown decision. His other books include "This Far by Faith," the story of the African-American religious experience, and the bestseller "Eyes on the Prize," which traces the African-American struggle for civil rights.

Prior to his work in radio and television, Williams worked for 21 years at The Washington Post as a political analyst, national correspondent, editorial writer and White House reporter. He won numerous journalism awards for writing and investigative reporting. Later, he was acclaimed for a series of television documentaries including "Politics: The New Black Power" and a documentary on labor and civil rights activist A. Phillip Randolph that appeared on public television.

For information about Williams' lecture or about upcoming Crain Lectures, call (847) 491-5401 or check the Medill School of Journalism Web site at http://www.medill.northwestern.edu.