The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute To Launch New Website With January 12 Media Conference Call Web Site Project Brings Civil Rights History to the World

The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) in partnership with BellSouth Corporation today announced a media conference call on January 19, 2004 to inform media of BCRIs newly designed Web site project. The Web site, www.bcri.org, features the BCRI oral history project, a collection of videotaped interviews with participants in the civil rights movement of the 1960s such as Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, who will also participate in the call. The site will not only contain information about the American Civil Rights Movement, but also about current international human rights issues.

BIRMINGHAM, AL (PRWEB) January 12, 2004 --The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) in partnership with BellSouth Corporation today announced a media conference call on January 19, 2004 to inform media of BCRIs newly designed Web site project. The Web site, www.bcri.org, features the BCRI oral history project, a collection of videotaped interviews with participants in the civil rights movement of the 1960s such as Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, who will also participate in the call. The site will not only contain information about the American Civil Rights Movement, but also about current international human rights issues.

The interactive site will include archival information for research, a teaching curriculum and will allow worldwide accessibility to the Institutes educational resources. The media conference call will begin at 1:00 p.m., Central Time, on January 19; the dial-in number and other instructions for participating in the conference call are provided below.    

Experts participating in the call will be prominent Civil Rights Activist and BCRI Lifetime Board Member, Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth; Dr. Lawrence Pijeaux, Jr., BCRI Executive Director; Mr. Marion Combs, BCRI Director of Development; Mr. Wayne Coleman, BCRI Head of Archives who has managed the Web site project for the institute from start to completion; and Mr. Thomas Hamby, President of BellSouth Alabama.

CONFERENCE CALL INSTRUCTIONS

For logistical purposes, and to ensure that all participating media
are accommodated adequately, participation in the January 19 conference
call will be limited to the first 60 media representatives who confirm their
intention to participate by registering on-line at:
http://webregister.conferencing.com/register.asp?RID=305030 or by calling Stacey Strawn at Panorama Public Relations, (205) 328-9334, prior to 12:00 p.m. Central Time on Monday, January 19, 2003. Any preliminary questions regarding other aspects of the call can be answered at the above number as well.

To participate in the conference call on January 19th, dial 1-800-784-9083 (International callers, please dial 1-703-464-5622) and respond "Birmingham Civil Rights Web Site Launch" when asked which call you are joining. You will be placed on hold until all participants are on line. The speakers will begin the conference call promptly at 1:00 p.m. Central Time with a brief overview and Q & A to follow, so participants are urged to call in as early as 10-15 minutes prior to the scheduled start time.

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