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T he P ortland O bserver • A pril 7, 1993
TAIN M EN T
The 1993 Essence Awards Honors Eight
Outstanding African-American Women Of
Achievement: Carol Moseley-Braun, Aretha
Franklin, Lena Horne, Tina Turner, And Others
Senator Carol Moseley Braun
Historically divided by race
and culture, two unlikely
fiends-freewheeling Huck
Finn (Elijah Wood, left) and a
runaway slave named Jim
(Courtney B. Vance, right)-
set out on the most
extraordinary journey of their
lives, rafting down the mighty
Mississippi River toward
freedom, in Walt Disney
Pictures' sweeping live-action
drama The Adventurers of
Huck Finn. Tony
Award-nominee Courtney B.
Vance stars as Jim, a
runaway slave who slowly
teaches Huck Finn that
regardless of popular belief,
all people are fundamentally
the same and deserve
respect. A Walt Disney
Pictures presentation, The
Adventures of Huck Finn is
directed by Stephen
Sommers from a screenplay
by Sommers, based on the
novel The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn by Mark
Twin. The producer is
Laurence Mark. The co
producer is John Baldecchi
and executive producers are
Barry Bernardi and Steve
White.
Lena Horne
Corla Wilson-Hawkins
J
Tina Turner
Rosa Parks
Gail Devers
"Sweet Alice" Harris
On Friday evening, April 30, the
1993 Essence A w ards will pay trib
ute to eight outstanding African-
American women for their accom
plishments in their respective fields
and for their significant contributions
to their communities, the country and
the world. The event will be held at
The Paramount Theater in New York
City.
This year’s Award recipients are
Carol Moseley-Braun, first African-
American woman elected to the U S,
Senate, Gail Devers, U S. Olympic
gold Medalist; Aretha Franklin, Queen
of Soul and multiple Grammy Award-
wining singer and songw riter. Sweet
Alice” Harris, community activist and
founder of Parents of Watts (POW);
Lena Horne, legendary actress and
singer, Rosa Parks, civil-rights activ
ist; Tina Turner, multiple Grammy
Aw ard-wining singer and actress; and
Corla Wilson-Hawkins, educator and
community activist . The 1993 Essence
Aw ard s recipients will be profiled in
the May issue of Essence.
The Essence A w ards, first held
in 1987, was created to focus national
attention on distinguished African-
American women whose exceptional
achievements are often unpublicized.
The Awards also provides an inspira
tional voice to young African-Ameri
cans, who can look to recipients of this
prestigious Award as role models. Past
honorees have included award-win
ing poet and author Maya Angelou;
astronaut Dr. Mae Jemison; founder
and president of the Children’s De
fense Fund M arian W right Edelman;
teen advocate and social worker the
late Dr. Georgia L. McMurray , film
producer and CEO of DePassc Enter Aretha Franklin
tain m en t S uzanne D ePasse; and
dancer, actress and choreographer day, April 30, at 8:00 P.M. at The
Debbie Allen.
Paramount, Madison Square Garden,
Editor-in-Chief of Essence Su 10 Penn Plaza The Awards ceremony
san L. Taylor says, “The inspiring will be videotaped before a blacktie
stories of African-American women audience to be broadcast on the CBS
arc hardly ever told to the nation. The Television Network.
Essence A w ards is a celebration of
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The 1993 Essence A w ards is can-American women. Published by
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