From: Young, Misty [mailto:YoungM@lincolnu.edu] Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2015 4:54 PM Subject: Lloyd Gaines Exhibit Set to Open FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT MISTY YOUNG (573) 681-6032 March 26, 2015 LLOYD GAINES EXHIBIT SET TO OPEN Jefferson City, MO- The Archives and Ethnic Studies Center of Inman E. Page Library is proud to announce the opening of the Lloyd L. Gaines Exhibit at 6 p.m. on Monday, March 30, in the Lloyd L. Gaines Ethnic Studies Room, Room 317 in Page Library on the Lincoln University campus. Gaines, a 1935 Lincoln University graduate, was denied admission to the University of Missouri School of Law. The subsequent legal action resulted in the 1938 Gaines v Canada decision; a victory for Civil Rights and the first major stepping stone to the landmark Brown v Board of Education case that ended legal segregation in schools. The case led to the creation of the Lincoln University School of Law in St. Louis, Missouri. Unfortunately, Gaines, who by the time his case was decided had earned a graduate degree in economics, would never enroll in any law school, having disappeared in 1939 in Chicago on an errand to buy postage stamps. Jerome Offord, Chief of Staff to the President and Interim Dean of Student Affairs, will serve as the guest speaker for the exhibit opening. ### Misty Young Director, Office of University Relations 573-681-5580 www.lincolnu.edu<http://www.lincolnu.edu/>