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Free Civil Rights CD Features Whoopi

04/01/97

Whoopi Goldberg has gone interactive to help teach American high school students about civil rights. Star of the Rob Reiner film Ghosts of Mississippi, Goldberg serves as host in a dynamic new companion CD-ROM entitled ìCivil Rights: then + now.î

Set in a hip/hop urban virtual world designed to both entertain and educate, ìthen + nowî takes students on an interactive timeline through the history of the Civil Rights movement. One hears first-hand accounts about the people and events that helped change history from such influential individuals as Rosa Parks, Yolanda King, Colin Powell and Myrlie Evers Williams.

A host of motion picture and television stars including LL Cool J, Edward James Olmos, Ming Na Wen, Chuck D., Chris Rock and Malcolm Jamal Warner are also on the CD-ROM, discussing what it means to be a minority and the discrimination they have faced in their own lives.

Already distributed to over 15,000 high schools nationwide, educators can call (213) 468-9580 to request a copy. CBO Multimedia, Hollywood, CA, (213) 936-6162. WM

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