NBC Documentary on Profiles in Courage to Air Saturday, August 26

NBC Documentary on Profiles in Courage to Air Saturday, August 26

NEW YORK, Aug. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- "Profiles in Courage: A Kennedy Legacy," a one-hour documentary on individual acts of political courage and public service, marking the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning book Profiles in Courage, will air on Saturday, August 26, 2006 at 8:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. CT (check local listings) exclusively on NBC television stations.

The documentary features an introduction and commentary by Caroline Kennedy, and rare archival footage of President John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and John F. Kennedy, Jr.

A production of Al Roker Entertainment, Inc., "Profiles in Courage: A Kennedy Legacy" examines President Kennedy's lasting legacy of principled public service and showcases several recipients of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation's annual Profile in Courage Award. The Award honors American public officials whose decisions of conscience carry on the tradition of Profiles in Courage and demonstrate the valor and integrity that President Kennedy admired most in public servants. For more information on the award, see Profile in Courage Award at www.jfklibrary.org.

The documentary includes commentary by Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA); presidential historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Michael Beschloss; Bob Woodward of The Washington Post; Ted Sorensen, Special Counsel and Adviser to President Kennedy; John Seigenthaler, Chairman of the Profile in Courage Award Committee and founder of the Freedom Forum First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University; and Elaine Jones, former president and director-counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund.

Profile in Courage Award honorees featured in the one-hour documentary include 2006 recipients Congressman John Murtha and former Navy General Counsel Alberto Mora; Congressman John Lewis, the only recipient of a Profile in Courage Lifetime Achievement Award; Congresswoman Hilda Solis, the first female recipient; President Gerald R. Ford, who made a controversial decision of conscience to pardon President Richard M. Nixon; and the heroic public servants and first responders of September 11, 2001.

"Profiles in Courage: A Kennedy Legacy" is a production of Al Roker Entertainment, Inc. with Executive Producers, Al Roker and Lisa Sharkey, Co-Executive Producer, Susan Lester. The production was made possible by WNBC and NBC Universal Television Stations.

Source: Al Roker Entertainment, Inc.

CONTACT: Tom Chiodo, Rubenstein Communications, Inc. - PR,
+1-212-843-8289, tchiodo@rubenstein.com, for Al Roker Entertainment, Inc.

Web site: http://www.jfklibrary.org/

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