February 27, 2004
Raleigh City Museum Hosts
Wake Reads Together 2004 Event
Program highlights attempt to integrate Raleigh Schools in the 1950s

RALEIGH, N.C. (February 27, 2004) - In 1956, Joseph and Elwyna Holt made the first of several attempts to enroll their son, Joe, in an all-white school in Raleigh following the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark 1954 decision in Brown vs. Board of Education. On Saturday, March 13 at 2:00 p.m. the Raleigh City Museum will host a special event that highlights the struggles experienced by the Holt family nearly fifty years ago.

Entitled "Exhausted Remedies: The Joe Holt Story," the program will feature a 30-minute documentary video about the Holt family followed by comments and discussion led by Joseph Holt regarding his experiences as a young man living within segregated Raleigh. The event is co-sponsored by the Wake County Public Libraries as part of Wake Reads Together 2004 and is free to the general public. More information on the Wake Reads Together project can be found at http://www.wakegov.com/readstogether/

About the Raleigh City Museum
The Raleigh City Museum is a private, non-profit educational center that uses exhibits, lectures and programs to help residents and visitors discover the diverse aspects of the city's people, places and history. The museum opened its first exhibit in 1993 and moved to its current location in the historic Briggs Building in 1998. Please contact the museum at 919-832-3775 or visit http://www.raleighcitymuseum.org

For more information on these events, please contact Ken Peters, Coordinator of Education & Outreach, at 832-3775 ext. 11.

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