Fort Wayne NAACP Welcomes Roland S. Martin to the Freedom Fund Banquet September 24, 2010.

CNN, TV One Commentator Set To Ignite The 2010 Fort Wayne, IN Chapter NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet.

2010-08-24

FORT WAYNE, IN, August 24, 2010 (Press-News.org) The Fort Wayne chapter of the NAACP is celebrating 65 years of upholding traditional American standards for all Americans with the Marjorie D. Wickliffe Freedom Fund Banquet. Set for Friday, September 24, 2010 at the Grand Wayne Center; this year's theme: "The Next Generation: So much Promise, So many Challenges."

Provocative journalist Roland S. Martin will be the evening's keynote speaker. He is a commentator for TV One, a CNN contributor and the author of several books, including The First: President Barack Obama's Road to the White House.

Not afraid to take and strongly defend a stand, Martin will bring fresh insight to concerns of interest to the African American community and the greater community at large; Fresh Perspective.
Named by Ebony Magazine in 2008, 2009 and 2010 as one of the 150 Most Influential African Americans in the United States, he is the 2009 winner of the NAACP Image Award for Best Interview for "In Conversation: The Michelle Obama Interview." He is the 2008 winner of the NAACP Image Award for Best Interview for "In Conversation: The Sen. Barack Obama Interview."
In 2009, CNN was awarded the Peabody Award for its outstanding 2008 election coverage, of which Martin was a member of the Best Political Team on Television.
Martin, named one of the top 50 political pundits by the Daily Telegraph in the United Kingdom, was also awarded the 2008 President's Award by the National Association of Black Journalists for his work in multiple media platforms. In 2008, he was also inducted into the Texas A&M University Journalism Hall of Honor.
The evening starts with a social hour at 6:30 pm, with this year's honorary co-chairs, Debra F. Williams, Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Parkview Health, and Timothy M. Davie, Lutheran Hospital Safety Officer. Tickets are $50 each and are available at Community Care Pharmacy, located in the Lafayette Medical Center, at 2700 Lafayette Street. For more information, contact Rev. Bill McGill at 260-410-3430.

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