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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