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Contact: 
 Barb Powell 
 Office of Communication of the United Church of Christ, Inc. (OC, Inc.) 
 Phone: (216)736-2175 
 E-Mail: powellb@ucc.org 

Wednesday, April 20, 2005 

DAYBOOK ADVISORY: 
Special Event April 21 to highlight Civil Rights Case that Transformed TV 
Kay Mills' book centerpiece of panel and book reception at Georgetown 
University Law Center 

Washington, DC 

What: 
Communication panel and reception for Kay Mills' book, "Changing Channels, 
The Civil Rights Case that Transformed Television," which explores the 
1960s case involving WLBT in Jackson, Miss. The case established that the 
airwaves belong to the public and that stations must act in the public 
interest and meet community needs. 

When & Where: 
Thursday, April 21, 2005 
6:30 p.m. 
Georgetown University Law Center 
Hotung International Law Building, Room 2000 
500 First Street, N.W. 
Washington, D.C. 

Panelists to include: 
Kay Mills, a career journalist and author. "Changing Channels" is her 
latest book. 

The Rev. Everett C. Parker, founder of the Office of Communication of the 
United Church of Christ. Parker directed OC Inc. from 1957 to 1983, and 
was the driving force behind the challenge to WLBT's license renewal.

Randall Pinkston, a correspondent with CBS News. Pinkston grew up in 
Jackson, Miss., and was hired as one of the first beneficiaries of an 
affirmative-action hiring push by radio station WLBT in Jackson while he 
was a student at Millsaps College. 

Gloria Tristani, Managing Director of the Office of Communication of the 
United Church of Christ. She served as a Commissioner on the Federal 
Communications Commission from 1997 to 2001. 

Professor Angela Campbell, Director of the Citizens Communications Center 
Project of the Institute for Public Representation at Georgetown 
University Law Center. 

Focus: 
In a world of media consolidation and a new FCC environment, the people 
need to know who is watching out for their interests, working to assure 
that their rights as television viewers are protected. 

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