LINCOLN HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS AND ARTIFACTS
TO BE AUCTIONED IN TIME FOR THE ULTIMATE OSCAR PARTY
- With a $1,000,000 Starting Bid, the Organization Free the Slaves
Would Receive a Substantial Charitable Donation
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FAIRFIELD, CT (Feb. 13, 2013) -- When the Academy Awards are broadcast on February 24th, someone could have Abraham Lincoln’s actual Nomination Chair as the focal point of their Oscar party. In a unique offering, History You Can Own, a collaboration between two respected experts in rare documents and artifacts, will auction one of the most comprehensive collections of Lincolniana assembled in recent memory.
The auction will go live on eBay on February 8th and bidding will begin at $1,000,000. The auction will conclude on February 17th and the Lincoln Nomination Chair is guaranteed to be delivered in time for the Oscars.
“This collection has several items of great historic and personal importance, especially the 1860 Lincoln chair and his 1858 letter opposing the Dred Scott decision,” said James Cornelius, Ph.D., Curator of the Lincoln Collection at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum in Springfield, Illinois. “If the buyer is philanthropically motivated, we hope that he or she will eventually consider the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library as a place for these treasures to rest.”
The winning bidder will also be helping the U.S.-based international charity Free the Slaves, which will receive 10% of the final sale price. The organization, which frees victims of modern-day slavery around the world, was selected to celebrate Lincoln’s most important achievement—the abolition of slavery in the United States. "We are honored that Free the Slaves has been chosen to receive a portion of the proceeds from the auction," said the group's co-founder, Dr. Kevin Bales. "Lincoln's actions to free slaves are among the greatest achievements in the history of the abolition movement. Our group will use the contribution to help finish what Lincoln started -- creating a world forever free from slavery."
“We’re offering a unique opportunity for collectors with a passion for history to own numerous Lincoln documents and artifacts. This rich offering reflects the span of Lincoln’s adult life from prairie lawyer, to the Presidency, to immortality in the American pantheon,” said Seth Kaller, a leading expert in rare historic documents. “Beginning with the chair in which Lincoln was sitting when he received the telegram that he had won the 1860 Republican Presidential nomination, the collection contains more than 50 items, including 12 documents handwritten and/or signed by Lincoln, and others by Frederick Douglass, William T. Sherman, and Ulysses S. Grant, along with rare books, artifacts, images, and imprints.”
Seth Kaller, owner of Seth Kaller Inc., and fellow rare document expert John Reznikoff, owner of University Archives, partnered to start History You Can Own, along with Stephen Rockwell Desloge, a relative of Norman Rockwell and owner of Rockwell Art & Framing, which houses the History You Can Own gallery in Westport Connecticut. Reznikoff and Kaller recently sold a portion of Lincoln’s final State of the Union Address, and last year Kaller handled the sale at auction of a rare Lincoln-signed copy of the Emancipation Proclamation that sold for $2.1 million.
In addition to the Nomination Chair other items in the collection to be auctioned include:
· An important handwritten Lincoln letter in which he pushes for Arkansas without slavery
· A first-day printing of the Gettysburg Address from the New York World newspaper
· An 1860 first edition of The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
· A Currier & Ives print with the first identified reference to baseball as the “National Game” depicting Lincoln as the winning player
· A large, handsomely-engraved vellum military commission signed by Abraham Lincoln and co-signed by Secretary of the Navy, Gideon Welles
· A quotation, handwritten and signed by Frederick Douglass, declaring his vision of equality
· A beautifully-detailed lithograph portrait of Lincoln done by Currier & Ives, dated 1865
Highlights from the collection, including the Nomination Chair, will be on display at the affiliated C. Parker Gallery in Greenwich, Connecticut during the auction. Special showings are also available on request and the gallery will hold an open house on February 12th, Lincoln’s Birthday.
BACKGROUND
History You Can Own offers a rare glimpse into the past and a unique opportunity for anyone to own an authentic piece of Americana. The venture is a partnership between document experts Seth Kaller of Seth Kaller, Inc. in White Plains, New York, and John Reznikoff of University Archives in Westport, Connecticut, along with Stephen Rockwell Desloge, owner of the six Rockwell Galleries in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Inventory changes on a regular basis with prices from $100 to over $1,000,000 and includes a wide range of historical material from presidents to pop stars. Items for sale can be viewed at Rockwell Art & Framing’s Westport gallery located at 236 Post Road East (203-227-1800) as well as at The C. Parker Gallery at 17 East Putnam Road in Greenwich, Connecticut (203-253-0934) or online at www.historyyoucanown.com,www.sethkaller.com and www.universityarchives.com.
Free the Slaves
There are 27 million people in slavery today. They are forced to work without pay, under threat of violence, and they are unable to walk away. They can be found in brothels, factories, mines, farm fields, restaurants, construction sites and private homes. Many slaves have been tricked by traffickers who lure vulnerable people with false promises of good jobs or education. Some slaves are marched to work at gunpoint. Others are trapped by phony debts. Slavery is illegal everywhere, but it happens nearly everywhere. Free the Slaves is dedicated to ending slavery world-wide. They call on businesses to clean up their supply chains and for consumers to demand slavery-free products. They believe governments and international institutions must toughen enforcement and fund anti-slavery work worldwide, and that activists and advocates must educate the vulnerable about their rights and empower those in slavery to take a stand for freedom. More information can be found at www.freetheslaves.net.
Contact: Risa B. Hoag, 845-627-3000, risa@gmgpr.com; Vicki Garfinkel, vickigj@gmaiil.com, 973-519-8926
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(BPRW) Coca-Cola Teams Up With African American History Makers To Launch “Pay It Forward”
- Magic Johnson Encourages Captivated Audience to Uplift Young People
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(BLACK PR WIRE) – ATLANTA, Feb. 7, 2013 – NBA legend and business mogul Earvin “Magic” Johnson gave an inspiring speech to a packed audience of more than 500 employees and students from the Atlanta University Center recently at Coca-Cola headquarters. Joined by multi-Grammy Award-winning musician, actor and philanthropist Common, Johnson shared personal childhood stories and insight into the importance of giving back to the community and participating in the “Coca-Cola Pay It Forward” movement. Kicking off the second year of its signature program, the world’s most recognized brand, Coca-Cola, has enlisted the help of some of today’s leading African American history makers to offer exciting apprenticeship experiences to aspiring youth. Magic Johnson, Common and Black Entertainment Television (BET) chairwoman and CEO Debra Lee will serve as mentors, giving four lucky young people the opportunity to shadow them and their teams for a week during the summer. The program is open to young people between the ages of 16-21 (as of May, 1 2013). Family, friends, members of the community and young people themselves can go to My Coke Rewards (http://www.mycokerewards.com/payitforward) to nominate aspiring youth. Photo credit: Dave Pence, courtesy of Coca-Cola North America
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404-676-1533
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Music Video Honors Memory of Hattie Carroll, Tragic Victim of Jim Crow-Era Baltimore Immortalized on 1963 Bob Dylan Song
- February 9, 2013 Marks 50-Year Anniversary of Hattie Carroll’s Death
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Huntington, NY – Feb. 7, 2013: A Long Island musician has produced a video version of the 1963 Bob Dylan song “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll” that features contemporary, archival images of Jim Crow-era Baltimore.
Steve Vitoff’s vocal-and-keyboard arrangement of the topical song -- which condemns racial attitudes of the segregated South -- was produced to mark the 50th anniversary of the tragic, February 9, 1963 death of the 51-year-old barmaid, which occurred at the white-tie Spinsters’ Ball, a social event held at the city’s Emerson Hotel.
Repeated blows from a toy cane administered by an inebriated, 24-year-old tobacco grower, William Zantzinger, had either directly or indirectly triggered Ms. Carroll’s demise. Mr. Zantzinger was regarded as a privileged member of Baltimore plantation society.
The assault was accompanied by the attacker’s repeated racial slurs and insults. Initial murder charges against Mr. Zantzinger – spelled “Zanzinger” in the song’s lyrics – were downgraded to manslaughter and assault charges. He was ultimately sentenced to six months in the county jail, along with fines totaling $625.
Bob Dylan’s song, largely based on news accounts of the beating and subsequent sentencing, explicitly condemns the court for excessive leniency, and attributes the relatively light sentence to an atmosphere of racial injustice that mirrored discriminatory attitudes of the era. The song was recorded in October 1963 and released on the “The Times They Are a-Changing” album issued in January 1964.
The songwriter admits to having taken some liberties with contemporary news reports of the overall incident.
“I changed the reporters’ view and used it to say something I wanted to say,” Mr. Dylan told television host Steve Allen prior to a contemporary, on-air performance. “I could have used a made-up story.”
“Incidents of racial violence still occur in our country today, but contemporary America would never tolerate a mere six-month jail sentence for such a violent, abusive and unabashedly racial attack,” said Mr. Vitoff. “After centuries of slavery and Jim Crow, American society had finally become fed up with the kind of vicious racism exemplified by this tragedy, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was enacted within a year of William Zantzinger’s sentence.”
The 1963 March on Washington, scene of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech, occurred on August 28 – the same day as the sentencing of William Zantzinger, who died in 2009.
“Bob Dylan’s lyrics and melody relate this agonizing story in a compelling and spellbinding way, with bold rhyming schemes and edgy, aggressive language” said Mr. Vitoff. “Good topical music has the power to forever capture the essence of a moment in history, as depressing, as pathetic, or as triumphant as that moment may be.
“I encourage today’s artists to do everything within their power to similarly capture the spirit of our times, right here in 2013. That way, people fifty years from now will better understand the joys and agonies of our own lifetimes.”
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(BPRW) Colgate-Palmolive Partners with the Children’s Health Fund to Launch New Black History Month Campaign Encouraging Healthy Lifestyles
(BLACK PR WIRE)--NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In recognition of Black History Month, Colgate-Palmolive has partnered with the Children’s Health Fund to launch its “Honor Your Past. Treasure Your Health” campaign.
Beginning now through March 15, families will be empowered to celebrate their heritage by working towards a healthier future with free health and wellness tips online. By logging onto www.Colgate.com/Treasure, visitors will be encouraged to share these tips via Facebook, Twitter or Google+. For every tip shared, Colgate will donate $1.00 to the Children’s Health Fund.[1]
"Colgate remains committed to improving the health and well-being of our consumers,” said Carla Kelly, General Manager, U.S. Multicultural Marketing, Colgate-Palmolive. "As a long standing supporter of the Children's Health Fund, we’re proud to join forces to celebrate Black History Month by empowering African American families to adopt healthier lifestyles."
The donations raised through online participation will directly benefit the Children’s Health Fund mission to providing health care to some of the nation’s most disadvantaged children in rural and urban communities. With 50 mobile medical and dental clinics, the Children’s Health Fund national network has brought health care services to 350,000 children to date.
“We are excited to partner with Colgate this Black History Month, for we share the common goal of improving family health throughout the U.S.,” said Karen Redlener, Executive Director of the Children’s Health Fund. “Busy families often need extra support to lead a healthy lifestyle, and this new campaign encourages consumers to share and discuss healthy tips with loved ones, while also supporting our organization’s work.
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[1]No purchase required. Purchase will not increase donation amount. Between January 30 and March 15, Colgate-Palmolive Company will donate $1.00 to the Children’s Health Fund for every wellness tip posted on Colgate.com/treasurethat is shared on Facebook, Twitter or Google+, for a minimum donation of $25,000 and a maximum donation of $40,000.
About Colgate-Palmolive
Colgate-Palmolive is a leading global consumer products company, tightly focused on oral care, personal care, home care and pet nutrition. Colgate-Palmolive sells its products in over 200 countries and territories around the world, under such internationally recognized brand names as Colgate, Palmolive, Mennen, Softsoap, Irish Spring, Protex, Sorriso, Kolynos, Elmex, Tom's of Maine, Sanex, Ajax, Axion, Soupline, and Suavitel, as well as Hill's Science Diet and Hill's Prescription Diet. For more information about Colgate-Palmolive's global business, visit the Company's web site at www.Colgate.com. To learn more about Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright Futures®, Colgate's global oral health education program, please visit http://www.colgatebsbf.com.
About Children’s Health Fund
Founded in 1987 by singer/songwriter Paul Simon and pediatrician/advocate Irwin Redlener, M.D., to bring health care to homeless children in New York City, today Children’s Health Fund provides health care for children living in poverty across America. In addition to fixed-site clinics, Children’s Health Fund supports a fleet of 50 mobile clinics, including dental and mental health vehicles, that bring comprehensive health care to children in hundreds of locations across the country. Over the past 25 years, the organization has provided three million health care visits for disadvantaged children, often in places where doctors, dentists, and other health care providers are in short supply. For more information about Children’s Health Fund, visit www.childrenshealthfund.org.
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UniWorld Group
Teresa Lyles Holmes
212-219-7239
Teresa.Holmes@uwgny.com
or
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
Media Relations
212-310-2670
Media_Inquiry@colpal.com
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(BPRW) Comcast's Xfinity Celebrates Black History Month with Special Entertainment Collection and Online Destination
- Introduces First-Of-Its Kind Internet Destination for African American Entertainment, Content, Features and News at Xfinity.Com/Celebrateblacktv -
(BLACK PR WIRE) – PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Comcast, a global media and technology company, today announced Xfinity.com/celebrateblacktv, a new premier Internet destination site that brings together a wealth of black entertainment content available from a variety of sources in one, easy to navigate location. In addition, starting February 1st, Xfinity customers will gain access to special programming celebrating Black History Month available across Xfinity platforms -- TV, On Demand, online and on mobile devices -- recognizing the many contributions of the African-American culture and community to the US and the world.
Xfinity TV celebrates Black History Month with a new online destination, xfinitytv.com/celebrateblacktv (Graphic: Comcast Corporation)
“We are thrilled to celebrate Black History Month this year by sharing with our customers the rich culture and contributions of the African American community,” said Ruben Mendiola, vice president and general manager of Multicultural Video Services. “We invite all Xfinity customers to join in the celebration On Demand throughout the month of February and visit our new online destination at xfinity.com/celebrateblacktv.”
xfinity.com/celebrateblacktv features award-winning movies, TV shows, videos, celebrity interviews, groundbreaking and upcoming actors and directors, behind-the-scenes footage, plus, the latest in entertainment news. Xfinity subscribers will have access to exclusive content on Xfinity On Demand and other services, while non-subscribers will also have the opportunity to explore a range of entertainment options.
Xfinity's Black History Month programming includes films documentaries, biographies, sports and specials featuring African American entertainers, artists and historical leaders that have contributed to the news, music and history of this country and the world. Highlights include biographies of President Barack Obama, Aretha Franklin, Bill Cosby, Boyz II Men, Gary Coleman, Halle Berry, Jamie Foxx, Queen Latifah, Richard Pryor, The Jackson 5, Tina Turner, Tyler Perry and Whitney Houston from the BIO channel; sports specials from ESPN; music videos from Music Choice and FUSE; Black History specials from the History Channel, Lifetime, Shalom TV and TV One and feature films from A&E and iN Demand including:
-- Ali
-- Amistad
-- Bird: Charlie Parker
-- Betty & Corretta
-- The Express
-- Freedomland
-- Good Hair
-- Invictus
-- The Lena Baker Story
-- Malcolm X (1972) & Malcolm X (1992)
-- Trapped in the Game
-- Somewhere in Africa
-- Tobi
-- Unwanted Guest
-- Dangerous Men
-- Bursting Out
-- Married but Living Single
-- Why Marry
-- Mind Game
-- The Game
This February also marks the third year of Xfinity’s Black Cinema On Demand, a year-round offering that features themed movie collections that highlight African-American films, filmmakers and actors.
Comcast has had a longstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion since its founding nearly 50 years ago and focuses its efforts in five key areas: diversity in governance, attracting and retaining a multicultural workforce, developing a diverse supplier base, offering a wide selection of multicultural programming, and community investment in national, regional and local diverse organizations.
About Comcast Cable:
Comcast Cable is the nation's largest video, high-speed Internet and phone provider to residential customers under the XFINITY brand and also provides these services to businesses. Comcast has invested in technology to build an advanced network that delivers among the fastest broadband speeds, and brings customers personalized video, communications and home management offerings. Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) is a global media and technology company. Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for more information.
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Comcast
Jorge Alberni
646-234-1617
jorge_alberni@comcast.com
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Burrell Communications
Tracy Anderson
312-297-9767
tanderson@burrell.com
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SiriusXM to Broadcast Exclusive Town Hall Event with Original Cast Members from the Groundbreaking TV Mini-Series Roots
- LeVar Burton, Leslie Uggams, and Louis Gossett, Jr., to sit down with SiriusXM listeners for an intimate, live Q&A session
Hosted by Joe Madison, SiriusXM’s ‘Roots’ Town Hall, commemorates the beginning of Black History Month
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NEW YORK–January 29, 2013–Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) announced today that original cast members from Roots, the groundbreaking television mini-series, will participate in an upcoming installment of SiriusXM’s “Town Hall” series. LeVar Burton, Leslie Uggams, and Louis Gossett, Jr. will sit down for a Q&A session with a select group of SiriusXM listeners at the SiriusXM studios in New York City.
Hosted by longtime civil rights activist and SiriusXM host Joe Madison, “SiriusXM’s Roots Town Hall” will commemorate the start of Black History Month. Madison is the host of a live, daily call-in show about politics and social activism on SiriusXM’s African-American talk channel, The Power.
“SiriusXM’s Roots Town Hall” will air live Tuesday, February 5 at 2:00 pm on The Power, channel 128. Throughout the hour-long special, Burton, Uggams, and Gossett will take questions from audience members, and reflect on what it was like to break ground as black actors in the 1970s and how their experience compares to working in television today.
The special replays on SiriusXM The Power channel 128 on February 5 at 4:00 pm, 8:00 pm, and 12:00 am; February 8, 2013 at 4:00 pm; February 9, 2013 at 2:00 pm, 6:00 pm, and 9:00 pm; and Sunday, February 10 at 7:00 am and 10:00 pm and on SiriusXM Stars channel 107 February 9 at 6:00 pm and February 10 at 12:00 pm. All times are ET.
“Roots made television history when it originally aired in 1977, and its cultural impact and influence remain powerful today,” said Scott Greenstein, President and Chief Content Officer, SiriusXM. “We are excited to have members of the original cast of Roots in our studios with a live audience. Joe Madison’s dedication to civil rights and social issues and his ability to put history into context for a wide audience of all people makes him the ideal host for this special event.”
After the broadcast, “SiriusXM’s Roots Town Hall” will be available on SiriusXM On Demand for subscribers listening via the SiriusXM Internet Radio App for smartphones and other mobile devices or online at siriusxm.com. Visit www.siriusxm.com/ondemand for more information.
“SiriusXM’s Roots Town Hall” with LeVar Burton, Leslie Uggams, and Louis Gossett, Jr., is part of SiriusXM's "Town Hall" series featuring intimate gatherings with iconic entertainers and figures sitting down with a studio audience of SiriusXM listeners. Previous SiriusXM “Town Hall" specials have featured Bruce Springsteen, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Carol Burnett, Tom Petty, KISS, Coldplay, Ringo Starr, Roger Waters, the surviving members of Nirvana, Renée Fleming, Gregg Allman, Usher, Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski and Tony Hawk.
Joe Madison, "The Black Eagle," is a human and civil rights activist, abolitionist against slavery in Southern Sudan, television commentator, columnist, lecturer, labor and corporate spokesman, musician and athlete. He is the former executive director of the Detroit NAACP and was later named director of the national NAACP political action department. Madison's live, daily, call-in show airs weekdays from 6:00 - 10:00 am ET on The Power.
LeVar Burton, Leslie Uggams and Louis Gossett Jr., and Ben Vereen will be appearing in an upcoming episode of Pioneers of Television, PBS’ Emmy® Award-nominated series that brings to life the stories of television’s most beloved stars. The premiere of “Miniseries,” the final installment of the PBS series “Pioneers of Television,” airs Tuesday, February 5 at 8:00 pm ET (check local listings). For more information, visit www.pbs.org/pioneers-of-television.
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(BPRW) Lifetime to Celebrate Black History Month with Three World Premiere Movies
- Star-Studded Original Movies Include BETTY & CORETTA, starring ANGELA BASSETT and MARY J. BLIGE; TWIST OF FAITH, featuring TONI BRAXTON and MYKELTI WILLIAMSON; and PASTOR BROWN, with SALLI RICHARDSON-WHITFIELD, ROCKMOND DUNBAR, ERNIE HUDSON and TISHA CAMPBELL-MARTIN -
(BLACK PR WIRE) – LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Lifetime will celebrate Black History Month in February with an impressive trio of world premiere movies featuring major award-winning casts, including Betty & Coretta, starring Golden Globe® Award-winner and Academy Award®-nominee Angela Bassett (What’s Love Got to Do with It?) and starring and executive produced by nine-time Grammy®-winning recording artist Mary J. Blige; Twist of Faith, with six-time Grammy-winner Toni Braxton (Braxton Family Values), Mykelti Williamson (Justified) and David Julian Hirsh (Weeds); and Pastor Brown, featuring Salli Richardson-Whitfield (Eureka), Keith David (ER), Ernie Hudson (Oz), Tisha Campbell-Martin (My Wife and Kids), Nicole Ari Parker (The Deep End), Rockmond Dunbar (Sons of Anarchy) and Michael B. Jordan (Friday Night Lights).
Betty & Coretta tells the dual real-life stories of Coretta Scott King (Bassett) and Dr. Betty Shabazz (Blige), wives respectively of Dr. Martin Luther King (Malik Yoba, New York Undercover) and Malcolm X (Lindsay Owen Pierre, The Killing Yard), as they create an unbreakable life-long bond after their husbands’ tragic assassinations. Kicking off Lifetime’s Black History Month celebration, Betty & Coretta will premiere Saturday, February 2, at 8:00pm ET/PT.
Twist of Faith, an interfaith love story about a single Christian mother (Braxton) and an Orthodox Jewish widower (Hirsh), whose mutual passion for music and singing draws them together, will premiere Saturday, February 9, at 8:00pm ET/PT.
Pastor Brown, which follows a young woman (Richardson-Whitfield) who returns home to take over as pastor of the family church after her father’s (David) death and is forced to face her sordid past and mend fences with her son (Jordan) and sister (Parker), will premiere Saturday, February 16, at 8:00pm ET/PT.
The premieres of Betty & Coretta, Twist of Faith and Pastor Brown come on the heels of Lifetime receiving ten NAACP Image Award nominations, more than any other basic cable network, for Steel Magnolias, 2012’s number one cable movie telecast among key demographics (excluding miniseries), and Abducted: The Carlina White Story, which averaged more than 4 million Total Viewers. The network’s nominees include Steel Magnolias and Abducted: The Carlina White Story for Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special; Steel Magnolias’ Alfre Woodard, Jill Scott, Phylicia Rashad and Queen Latifah, as well as Keke Palmer of Abducted: The Carlina White Story, for Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special; Tory Kittles and Afemo Omilami of Steel Magnolias for Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special; and Elizabeth Hunter (Abducted: The Carlina White Story) for Writing in a Motion Picture - (Theatrical or Television).
ABOUT BETTY & CORETTA
Focusing on the extraordinary women behind the two men who would change history, Betty & Coretta tells the similar true stories of Coretta Scott King (Bassett), wife of Dr. Martin Luther King (Yoba) and Dr. Betty Shabazz (Blige), wife of Malcolm X (Pierre). When their husbands were tragically assassinated, these two women not only inherited the mantle of the civil rights movement in America, each also found herself to be a single mother who had to find a way to raise and support her children with no husband or father, resulting in a relationship like no other that spanned more than three decades. Betty & Coretta is executive produced by Larry Sanitsky (Lifetime’s America), Mary J. Blige, Kendu Isaacs, Jaha Johnson and Polly Anthony (Archie’s Final Project). Yves Simoneau (Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee) directed from a teleplay by Shem Bitterman (Halloween 5) and Ron Hutchinson (The Josephine Baker Story). Story by Ron Hutchinson and Shem Bitterman.
ABOUT TWIST OF FAITH
In Twist of Faith, Jacob Fisher (Hirsh), an Orthodox Jewish Cantor and amateur songwriter who resides in Brooklyn, New York, witnesses the senseless murder of his wife and three children. Catatonic, Jacob walks out on his Jewish mourning ritual, leaving behind his Jewish garments, wallet and keys. Abandoning his identity, he wanders aimlessly, hoping somehow to understand his tragedy. Fortuitously, he lands in Brent, Alabama (population 2,500), where he is embraced by Nina (Braxton), a single mother and the lead singer of a small gospel choir (an unlikely finalist in the competition to determine the best gospel choir in Alabama), her Uncle Moe (Williamson) and their gospel community who help his return to life while music brings Nina and Jacob together as they try to make sense of his past and their possible future. Twist of Faith is produced by Lighthouse Pictures. Daniel H. Blatt (Wisegal), Craig Baumgarten (Shattered Glass) and Andrew Howard serve as executive producers. Paul A. Kaufman (Sins of the Mother) directs from a script written by Joyce Gittlin (Wings), Janet Fattal and Stephen Tolkin (Brothers & Sisters).
ABOUT PASTOR BROWN
In Pastor Brown, a wayward preacher’s daughter, Jessica “Jesse” Brown (Richardson-Whitfield), returns home for the first time in more than a decade after her father (David) falls terminally ill. Her father’s dying wish – that Jesse take over as head of the Mount Olive Baptist Church – turns her and her family’s lives upside down. Jesse reluctantly undertakes her father’s commission, thereby pitting herself against her sister (Parker) and the leadership of Mount Olive Church who know of her sordid past. Through accepting her father’s request, Jesse embarks upon a path that will change her life when she reconnects with her family and estranged teenage son (Jordan) and finds the dignity and self-love she lost long ago. Dunbar (Sons of Anarchy) also stars as Amir Rahim, alongside Campbell-Martin as Amanda Carlton, Hudson as Deacon Harold Todd, Tasha Smith as Angelique Todd and Michael Beach as Rev. Avery Callaghan. Pastor Brown was produced by Rock Capital Films with Shaun Livingston (Next Day Air) and Charles Oakley serving as executive producers. Producers are Re’Shaun Frear (Dirty Laundry), Dunbar and Carol Ann Shine (Noah’s Arc: Jumping the Broom), with a script by Rhonda F. Baraka (Trinity Goodheart). The film is the directorial debut for Dunbar.
ABOUT LIFETIME
Lifetime is committed to offering the highest quality entertainment and information programming, and advocating a wide range of issues affecting women and their families. In 2012, as a result of its aggressive triple threat programming strategy doubling its amount of original programming spanning scripted dramas, reality series and movies, Lifetime posted its strongest year-on-year growth among the key demographics in 10+ years, while also reaching its youngest median age in 16 years. Lifetime Television®, LMN®, Lifetime Real Women® and Lifetime Digital™ are part of Lifetime Entertainment Services, LLC, a subsidiary of A+E Networks. A+E Networks is a joint venture of the Disney-ABC Television Group and Hearst Corporation.
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Lifetime
Tracy Speed
310-556-7541
tracy.speed@aenetworks.com
Betty & Coretta
or
Sheri Goldberg
310-556-7546
Sheri.goldberg@aenetworks.com
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WILL FREDERICK DOUGLASS BE SNUBBED BY PARTISAN POLITICS?
Washington, DC – Will Congress allow acknowledgement to one of our nation’s greatest statesmen? Will justice be served to an abolitionist who dedicated his life to justice for all? Will the global activist be recognized for his military service and historical significance as the first African American vice presidential nominee? Or jettison US history in the current morass of partisan politics? A true embodiment of the “American dream”, Frederick Douglass rose from slavery to a life as a political leader and confidant to President Abraham Lincoln.
Artist Steven Weitzman
In 2007, a bronze statue of Frederick Douglass was presented to the United States Capitol as a gift on behalf of Washington, DC to add to their collection of prestigious state residents from across the nation. Created by local artist Steven Weitzman as commissioned by the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, the bronze sculpture was designed to represent the key Washingtonian and African American author, politician and civil rights leader.
On June 14th, 2012, in an important step forward, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a new bill that would allow Weitzman’s rendering of Douglass to join other American dignitaries in the United States’ Capitol National Statuary Hall. Advocated by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, and supported by Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii), Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sen. Dan Lungren (R-Calif.); the measure has support from both House and Senate members.
The placement of Douglass in the Capitol will be significant for a number of reasons. If the bill is passed, Douglass will be the fourth African American in the Capitol- joining Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks and Sojourner Truth. As a former resident of the nation’s capital, the city where the first African American president currently resides – Douglass’ inclusion would be more than appropriate as evidence to substantiate that we are living in an era of equality. It would help show that the representation of Black luminaries is seen as important and that the rights of the District of Columbia are moving forward. However, the bill will only pass and the right to have Douglass displayed, with full approval through Congress.
Frederick Douglass is firmly weaved in the history of America – as his accomplishments make up the fabric of this country as are the other American citizens honored in the Nation’s Capitol. Letters and calls to Congress, rallying behind the vote regarding the bill – may be the actions needed to ensure this event happens. Congresswoman Norton, Senator Schumer and other members of Congress, will continue to campaign and encourage others to join the campaign to fight for the rights of Douglass, D.C. and African American history. Close to 200 years after the birth of Frederick Douglass, the honorable statesman deserves his place in the nation’s capital.
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