WXYZ-TV to Air the 2008 Ford Freedom Award Special

WXYZ-TV to Air the 2008 Ford Freedom Award Special

'The Ford Freedom Award: The Freedom Sister and The Freedom Fighter'

WHAT: WXYZ-TV will air a half-hour special honoring the 2008 Ford Freedom
Award recipients. "The Ford Freedom Award: The Freedom Sister and
The Freedom Fighter" honors Dorothy I. Height, the Chair and
President Emerita of National Council of Negro Women and the late
Coretta Scott King, for their work and achievements in Civil and
Human Rights.

WHEN: Saturday, May 10, 2008
7:00 - 7:30 pm

Encore Presentation
Sunday, May 18, 2008
12:30 - 1:00 pm

ADDITIONAL
INFO: Hosted by WXYZ-TV Editorial and Public Affairs Director Chuck
Stokes, the special features interviews with politicians, civil
rights leaders, family members and close associates of the late
Coretta Scott King and Dorothy I. Height. Stokes traveled to
Atlanta, GA, Cincinnati, OH and Washington D. C. to profile the
individual story of each honoree. Some of the interviews include
Dorothy I. Height, Naomi King (Sister-In-Law of the late Coretta
Scott King), Martin Luther King III and Bernice King (children of
the late Coretta Scott King), Christine King-Farris (Sister of
Martin Luther King, Jr.) Congressman John Conyers Jr., Alexis
Herman (former U.S. Secretary of Labor) and Bill Cosby.

CONTACT: Marla Drutz
(248) 827-9300

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Source: WXYZ-TV

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