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Oprah Winfrey and Bill Cosby were
joined onstage by a galaxy o f stars
to celebrate The Essence Awards
2000, which will air on FOX May
25, 8 to 10 pm. ET/PT. This year's
theme. Building a Better World: A
C ause to C e le b ra te , hono red
outstnding individuals who are
doing critical work necessary to
m ake a d iffe re n c e in th e ir
com m unities and in the world.
H onorees in c lu d e d leg en d ary
Michael Jordan will be among the people honored at The Essence
athlete and role model Michael
Awards
2000.
Jo rd an and a c c la im e d a c to r,
h u m a n ita ria n and G ood W ill
Ginuwine, Patti LaBelle, Gerald
Ambassador to the United Nations standard o f living, including indoor
Levert and Hezegkiah Walker and
plum
bing,
sanitation
pickup,
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Danny Glover.
The
Love Fellow ship C rusade
library, fire and police protection, a
Also honored were:
Choir.
Tyra Banks, Vivica A. Fox,
'T h e R ev eren d W .C . M a rtin , health clinic and after-school
Rah-Digga
and lyanla Vanzant
minister o f the Bennett C hapel programs.
participated
in
the Special Thirtieth-
Dr. George Jenkins, Dr. Rameck
B aptist Church in Shelbyville,
Anniversary
Tribute
to ESSENCE
Texas, and his wife, Donna, who Hunt and Dr. Sampson Davis of
magazine.
arranged for the adoption o f more N ew ark, New Jersey, who as
First Lady Hillary Clinton, Faith
than one hundred orphaned and teenagers made a pact to rise above
Evans, Robert Guillaume, Delroy
foster children by members o f his the temptations of the streets and
the challenges of poverty to achieve Lindo, Shem ar M oore, Susan
tiny congregation.
Sarandon and Blair Underwood
Mayor Emma R. Gresham, who their dreams o f becoming doctors.
p re se n te d ,
w ith
seg m en ts
These
young
medical
practitioners
re c la im e d and tra n sfo rm e d
introduced by Harry Belafonte,
currently
speak
at
inner-city
schools
Keysville, a tiny rural town of about
Kobe Bryant, Mel Gibson, Whoopi
400 people in southeast Georgia. and churches, offering kids hope
G o ldberg, Spike Lee, N elson
and
incouragement
to
follow
their
, M ayor G resham rallied Black
Mandela, Rosie O ’ Donnell and
people in her community to establish dreams. The exciting evening of
Alfre Woodard.
in clu d ed
a town government, which local e n te rta in m e n t
In addition. ESSENCE magazine
performances
by
Christi
na
Agui
lera,
officials unsuccessfully challenged
soars into cyberspace with the
all the way to the U.S. Supreme E ry k ah B adu, M acy G ray,
Court. She further united them to
dem and and fight to r a basic
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