HOWARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW TO HOST CELEBRATION OF EEOC's 40TH ANNIVERSARY

Event will Feature Tribute to the   Late Charles T. Duncan, EEOC's First General Counsel, and Former Dean of Howard   University School of Law

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission   (EEOC) and Howard University School of Law are sponsoring an   event entitled, "The EEOC at 40: Celebrating the Past . . .   Preparing for the Future," to be held Wednesday,   October 19, at 4:30 p.m., Howard University School of Law, Moot   Court Room (Houston Hall), 2900 Van Ness Street, N.W.   Speakers will include EEOC Chair Cari M. Dominguez; Kurt L.   Schmoke, Dean of Howard University School of Law; and, as a   special guest, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, who chaired   the Commission from 1977-1981.

The event, organized by the agency's Washington Field Office,   will mark the EEOC's accomplishments over the past 40 years and   look ahead to future challenges in eradicating employment   discrimination. Featured at the event will be a tribute to the   late Charles T. Duncan, the EEOC's first General Counsel and   former Dean of Howard University School of Law.

EEOC opened its doors on July 2, 1965, through enactment of   the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII of the Act   prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color,   religion, sex (including sexual harassment or pregnancy) or   national origin and protects employees who complain about such   offenses from retaliation.

In addition to enforcing Title VII, the EEOC enforces the Age   Discrimination in Employment Act, which protects workers age 40   and older from discrimination based on age; the Equal Pay Act of   1963, which prohibits gender-based wage discrimination; the   Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibits employment   discrimination against people with disabilities in the federal   sector; Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which   prohibits employment discrimination against people with   disabilities in the private sector and state and local   governments; and sections of the Civil Rights Act of 1991.   Further information about the Commission is available on the   agency's web site at www.eeoc.gov.