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By visiting http://www. The standards-
based lesson plans and teacher guides will be available free online.

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The MBC is currently designing supplementary lesson plans and teacher
guides that will meet national educational standards and that will facilitate
the integration of select programs into existing curricula. Barone
Network -- The Documentary Institute
-- CBS News -- Clarice Durham
-- CNN -- Abigail Ginzberg
-- Georgia Public Television -- Kupcinet Productions
-- WABC (New York, NY) -- Judith McCray
-- WSVN (Miami, FL) -- University of Alabama
-- WMAQ (Chicago, IL) -- Iverson White
-- WSFA (Montgomery, AL)
-- WTTW (Chicago, IL)


With the mission of preserving important radio and TV programs, the MBC
seeks to maximize the influence of its collection and use digital content in
service of Illinois' economic, educational , and cultural development.
The Museum's complete Civil Rights collection of over 450 programs will be
available for listening and viewing in the Media Cafe of the new MBC,
scheduled to open in 2006 at State and Kinzie in Chicago.

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In
addition, many of the programs trace the influence and accomplishments of the
Movement's leaders, including Rosa Parks, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr .

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George will be presented the ARTISTIC FREEDOM
HONOR by Paul Rusesabagina, the former hotel manager who
sheltered about 1000 people at the Hotel des Milles
Collines in Kigali , Rwanda, played by Don Cheadle in the
film.
For more information, please visit http: //www.

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The online Civil Rights collection, which feature dramatic reenactments,
historical news footage, and testimonies, cover a broad range of themes that
can align with a variety of subjects , including history, social studies,
language arts, and literature, as well as tolerance, anti-bias , and
multicultural education.

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S. West Hollywood recently joined efforts to call
attention to the problem of AIDS in Africa. CHICAGO, From the sight of barking dogs in Alabama
to the sounds of protest songs in Mississippi, the American Civil Rights
Movement is brought to life for students and teachers through an online
educational project by The Museum of Broadcast Communications (MBC ).
The Museum of Broadcast Communications is one of three broadcast museums
in the United States .

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Sites in other languages should be submitted to the
appropriate World subcategory.

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Supported by The Oprah
Winfrey Foundation, the project features a searchable database and on-demand
video and audio programs that can compliment textbooks and print material.

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m. Contributing members, who granted permission to the MBC to
use materials for educational purposes, include:

Networks/ Stations Producers/ Individuals
-- Arkansas Educational Television -- Constance B.

This category is for sites on human rights related news and media.

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The City has led
the fight to prohibit discrimination against Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) persons . In recent
years, West Hollywood has received a lot of national media
attention for the City Council's leadership in the protection
of animals. In addition to preserving history, the new MBC will
also conserve energy and is committed to being the first public museum in the
nation to achieve a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold
certification from the U.



Websites submitted here must be human rights related and in
English.

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WHEN: Sunday, February 27, 2005
4 p.Museum. Television played a significant role in this important
American story," said MBC Founder and President Bruce DuMont.TV .


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Calendar Editors /Business Editors/Entertainment Editors
REMINDER.

WHO: Leonardo di Caprio; Al Pacino; Danny Glover; Martin Landau;
Harrison Ford; Jake Gyllenhaal; Ed Harris; Julie Delpy; Mira
Sorvino; Anjelica Huston; Khandi Alexander; Ellen Burstyn;
Rebecca De Mornay; members of the West Hollywood City Council
and many celebrities and prominent leaders.
The programs also include: extensive on-air appearances by Harold
Washington, Chicago's first African -American mayor, including the 1983 mayoral
debates.

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Although the City of West Hollywood is less than
two-square miles, its impact on the public policy agenda in
the U.TV (click on Education/ Resources), teachers
and students statewide can see and hear 215 television and radio programs
documenting the struggle for civil rights in America online.

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West Hollywood was one of the first cities in the U. for the last twenty years has been unprecedented and
it will continue to have an impact for many years to come.
These programs highlight dramatic events and include personal accounts
describing life before, during, and after the 1960s Civil Rights Movement . They also include the landmark Destination Freedom radio series.

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to
protest apartheid in South Africa and prohibit doing business
with companies that had ties to the country.,
Malcolm X, and Reverend Jesse Jackson. "By providing
free, on-demand access to 215 Civil Rights programs , the MBC offers this
extensive collection of primary source materials for teachers and students --
all at one's fingertips.

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The event, described as the "party with a
purpose," focuses on human and civil rights, while honoring
creative excellence.Museum.

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WHAT: The City of West Hollywood, one of the most
socially-conscious cities in the country, and the Lee
Strasberg Film and Theater Institute will honor "Hotel Rwanda"
Writer /Director Terry George and Actor/Activist Martin Sheen
at the 3rd Annual Celebration of Artistic Freedom Oscar Gala
and silent auction on Oscar Night, Sunday, February 27, 2005
at 4 p.m." It also has a large
Russian-speaking community, many of whom moved to this country
from the former Soviet Union to escape oppression.

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For more than twenty
years , West Hollywood has been a leader in the fight against
AIDS and has provided unprecedented support to people with the
disease, including adopting one of the first laws in the
country to prohibit discrimination against people with HIV and
AIDS and providing much needed funding to social service
agencies. Twenty years ago,
the City adopted one of the first Domestic Partnership
Ordinances in the country and has continued to fight for the
expansion of domestic partnership and gay marriage rights
nationally.

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REMINDER/Socially-Conscious City of West Hollywood to Co-Host Star-Studded Oscar Gala and Pay Tribute to Academy-Award Nominated ``Hotel Rwanda'' Writer/Direct

West Hollywood has one of the strongest rent
control laws in the country, provides a large array of social
services to Seniors and people with disabilities and has been
a strong advocate for a woman's right to choose by proclaiming
itself a "Pro-Choice City.

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The Museum of Broadcast Communications Provides Access to Powerful Sources Describing American Civil Rights Movement


The MBC has created a free, web-based resource for K-12 teachers to use
when introducing students to civil rights history .
"Students of the 21st century will have a greater understanding of the
civil rights struggle of the 1960s when they see the powerful images that
defined the movement.

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Proceeds from the viewing party and
silent auction will benefit Amnesty International and the ACLU
Foundation of Southern California. Martin Sheen will be presented with the Artist of
Conscience Award for his unwavering commitment to equality
and dignity for all communities.

WHERE: AGO Restaurant
8478 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood

CONTACT:

Imee Gacad , Public Information Officer
(323) 848-6431 (office/voicemail message center)
(323) 533-8900 (cell phone)

Editor's Note:

Since its incorporation in 1984, the City of West
Hollywood has been at the forefront of civil rights, human
rights and the struggle to help those who are less fortunate.

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.

The Celebration for Artistic Freedom will honor Terry George,
Writer/Director of the critically-lauded film "Hotel
Rwanda."
The documentaries and broadcast programs, which are part of the MBC's
media archives, have been contributed by various networks, producers, and
copyright holders.

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at Robert De Niro's West Hollywood restaurant AGO,
8478 Melrose Avenue.S.

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