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Hosted by Carol Bell. Segment one: Civil Rights Museum, 0:00-10:00. Civic Magazine covers the opening ceremony for the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum in Savannah. Ralph Mark Gilbert was the former pastor of First African Baptist Church and President of the Savannah branch of the NAACP. Speaking at the ceremony are Alderman David Jones, Mayor Floyd Adams, Jr., and Mrs. Eloria S. Gilbert. Segment two: Victorian District development, 10:00-16:00. Civic Magazine covers a ribbon cutting ceremony for a bed and breakfast in Savannah's Victorian district. Speakers include Martin Luther King, Jr. Revolving Loan Fund Director James Blackmon, bed and breakfast owner Dolores Ellis, and Mayor Floyd Adams, Jr. Segment three: Weed and Seed Bookmobile, 16:00-20:38. Civic Magazine covers the dedication ceremony for the Weed and Seed Bookmobile, a new initiative of the Weed and Seed program to help foster a love of reading and learning in Savannah's children. Speaking at the dedication ceremony are Don Dixon, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, City Manager Michael Brown, and Mayor Floyd Adams, Jr.
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  1. African American Civil Rights Workers
  2. African American Clergy
  3. African American Women Civil Rights Workers
  4. African Americans
  5. Bed And Breakfast Accommodations
  6. Bookmobiles
  7. Businesspeople
  8. City Council Members
  9. City Managers
  10. Civil Rights
  11. Civil Rights Workers
  12. Clergy
  13. Defy (Program : U.S.)
  14. Georgia
  15. Government
  16. Government Attorneys
  17. Mayors
  18. Museums
  19. Rites And Ceremonies
  20. Savannah
  21. Women

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