What: Author, editor and educator Ta-Nehisi Coates will speak March 12 (Thursday) as part of the University of North Texas Distinguished Lecture Series. Coates will discuss millennials and social justice in his speech.
Where: UNT's Auditorium Building, at 1401 W. Hickory St.
Ticket info: Student tickets are free and student guest tickets are $5; UNT faculty, staff and alumni tickets are $8 and tickets for the public are $10. All tickets may be purchased online.
Schedule: Doors will open at 7 p.m., speech will begin at 8 p.m.
Media Credentials: Credentials can be reserved by contacting Leslie Minton at Leslie.Minton@unt.edu or 940-565-4835. Credentials can be picked up at the Hickory Street entrance to the Auditorium beginning at 7 p.m. March 12.
Credentials must be reserved by 5 p.m. on March 6 (Friday)
Media Instructions:
- Coates will not be available for interviews.
- Photography and videography are permitted for the first five minutes of the event only.
- An audio feed will be available for the first five minutes of the event only.
- No flash photography.
- Photographers should be as unobtrusive as possible and limit movement as to not cause distractions.