By visiting http://www.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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Editors note: For press releases, recipient biographies and jpeg photos,
please go to: http://www. Television played a significant role in this important
American story," said MBC Founder and President Bruce DuMont. "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. Contributing members, who granted permission to the MBC to
use materials for educational purposes, include:

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

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That same year, Reebok introduced the
Reebok Human Rights Award.
"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."
The documentaries and broadcast programs, which are part of the MBC's
media archives, have been contributed by various networks, producers, and
copyright holders. 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.

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The standards-
based lesson plans and teacher guides will be available free online.

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"The Liberian people have suffered grievously for over two decades," said
Aloysius Toe.com/Static/global/initiatives /rights/news/.4443 310.

S. Congress declared the week a national observance, and in 1987 , they expanded it to the full month of March.

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Reebok to Honor Four Young Courageous Human Rights Champions

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Reebok Human Rights Award recipients, who must be 30 years of age or
younger, receive a $50,000 grant from the Reebok Human Rights Foundation to
help further their work.
"Each year, I am humbled and inspired by our amazing recipients," said
Paul Fireman, chairman and CEO of Reebok International Ltd.
The MBC has created a free, web-based resource for K-12 teachers to use
when introducing students to civil rights history.S.

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To date, 80 recipients from 36 countries have
received the Award.401.

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"My people
yearn for peace and freedom and I am thankful for this opportunity to bring
their suffering to the world and ask for support.

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

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.Museum.
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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"It is my hope that this award will provide a vehicle for their
voices, which have been calling for peace and stability for so long, to be
heard.

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They also gain the opportunity to participate in
Forefront, an independent nongovernmental organization formed by past award
recipients to help each other respond to crises, communicate with the
international community, gain skills and resources, and share strategies.
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.

Observed each March, Women's History Month began as a single week and a local event.

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"Hearing their
stories of horror and despair is always difficult, but the determination,
bravery and undying spirit of these remarkable young people reaffirms my faith
in the human spirit. 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).

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These programs highlight dramatic events and include personal accounts
describing life before, during, and after the 1960s Civil Rights Movement.

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addition, many of the programs trace the influence and accomplishments of the
Movement's leaders, including Rosa Parks, Reverend Martin Luther King , Jr.
The Museum of Broadcast Communications is one of three broadcast museums
in the United States.

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In 1988, Reebok underwrote Amnesty International's Human Rights Now! World
Concert Tour, which carried messages of freedom and justice to millions of
people in 23 cities on four continents .

In 1981, the U.

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At the Ceremony, which is being held in Los Angeles for the first time in
the 18-year history of the Reebok Human Rights Award Program, actors Don
Cheadle, Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu, Bradley Whitford and other notable
celebrities and Human Rights champions, will honor Zarema Mukusheva, a
courageous witness to atrocities against civilians in Chechnya; Carlos Rojas,
a videographer dramatizing the struggle for rights of indigenous people in
Mexico; Aloysius Toe, a human rights crusader in Liberia; and Charm Tong, an
advocate for refugees from Burma on the Thai border.633.

This category lists pages and sites related to Women's History Month.

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lamkin@hillandknowlton. They also include the landmark Destination Freedom radio series.
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.

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The programs also include: extensive on-air appearances by Harold
Washington, Chicago's first African-American mayor, including the 1983 mayoral
debates. 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.

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For more information, please visit http://www.

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"I am very pleased about the international recognition that this award
brings to the suffering of the people of Burma, especially the women , who are
being brutalized by the Burmese military regime," said Charm Tong.com

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In 1978, Sonoma County, California, sponsored a women's history week to promote the teaching of women's history.

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Hollywood Stars Join Human Rights Activists at UCLA's Royce Hall to Celebrate
2005 Reebok Human Rights Award Recipients

LOS ANGELES , The 2005 Reebok (NYSE: RBK)
Human Rights Awards will be presented tonight to four remarkable young heroes
from four continents who, against great odds and often at great personal risk,
have made significant contributions to the cause of human rights through
nonviolent means.