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Networks air Black History Month specials
Harry Belefonte hosts
‘ The Long Road to
Freedom ’ during a
‘ Sunday Brunch Jazz"
feature on Black
Entertainment
Television.
The story o f acclaimed actress, poet and civil activist Beah
Richards is told in the HBO documentary “Beah: A Black
Woman Speaks."
Comedian Steve Harvey is the m aster o f ceremonies in
the Black History Month broadcast "Celebration o f
Gospel IV. ’
T w o m ajor netw orks are highlighting sig ­ H er V oice, T ellin g H er S to ry ," to h o n o r e v ­ d ay, Feb. 16 and the c ritic a lly acclaim ed
nificant contributions m ade by and about A f­ eryday w om en.
th eatrical rele ase o f “ A n tw one F ish e r” on
rican -A m erican w om en w ith key p ro g ra m ­
A lso p rem ierin g on H B O d u rin g B lack S atu rd ay , Feb. 21.
ming that spotlights their rem arkable li ves, the H istory M onth is the docum entary, “ M ighty
In ad d itio n , the H B O film s “ In tro d u cin g
d a y , F e b . 24,
troubles they faced and the p o sitive changes
D orothy D an d rid g e” w ill show on M onday,
w hich celebrates the resilience o f the A frican-
W ed n esd ay , Feb. 11 and the c h ild re n ’s sp e ­ Feb. 9, “ B o y c o tt” on T u esd ay , Feb. 10 and
T he H B O netw ork airs the exclusive do cu ­ cial about diversity, “ H appy to be N appy and “T he Jo sep h in e B ak er S to ry ” on W e d n es­
m en tary “ B eah: A B lack W om an S p e a k s,” O th e r S to ries o f M e” on T u esd ay , Feb. 24. d ay, Feb. 11 on H B O 2.
w hich d eb u ts on W e d n esd a y , Feb. 25 and
The network has scheduled encore viewings
A slate o f di verse program m ing for B lack
celeb rates the life o f acclaim ed actress, poet o f “ M iss E v e rs ’ B o y s” on M o n d ay , Feb. 9, H is to ry M o n th on B la c k E n te rta in m e n t
and activist Beah R ichards.
the original docum entaries “ L a lee ’s K in” on T e le v is io n in c lu d e s th e a n n u a l s ta r - s tu d ­
H er sto ry is a sp rin g b o a rd fo r an H B O S atu rd ay , Feb. 7, “ U n ch ain ed M em ories: d e d “ C e le b ra tio n o f G o s p e l I V ,” h o ste d
cam paign and essay contest called “ H earing Readings from the Slave Narrati ves” on M on­ by c o m e d ia n S tev e H arv ey at 9 p.m . T u e s ­
A m erican spirit begins w ith “T he Long Road
T im es: th e L eg acy o f R osa P a rk s ” on
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The historically-themed program “The Forts
and C astles o f G h an a” airs at 1 p.m . S unday,
Feb. 22 and a “Jazz S unday B ru n c h ” series,
to F reed o m ,” hosted by H arry B elafonte at 1
p.m . S u n d ay , Feb. 8.
B E T ’s c re a tiv e se rv ic es d e p a rtm e n t also
has produced a series o f B lack H istory M onth
vignettes them ed “H istory: Pass It O n ,” fea­
turing superstar Janet Jackson to air th rough­
out February.
A t Fannie M ae, we v a lu e d iv e r s ity .
T h a t ’ s why w e ’ r e C o m m i t t e d to w orking with
m in o rity- an d w o m e n -o w n e d b u s in e s s e s .
D iv e rs ity is a c o re va lu e at F annie M ae. T h a t's w h y w e 're c o m m itte d
t o d e v e lo p in g in n o v a tiv e p a r tn e r s h ip s w ith m o re m in o r ity - a nd
w o m e n -o w n e d b u sin e sse s.
W h e th e r th e o p p o r tu n ity is in c o m m e rc ia l g o o d s , p ro fe s s io n a l
s e r v ic e s ,
c o n s u lt in g ,
or
t e c h n o lo g y
a c q u is it io n ,
w e 'r e
c o m m itte d to w o rk in g w ith yo u . B ecause it's g o o d b u sin e ss
fo r b o th o f us.
To le a rn m o re a b o u t o u r M in o rity - and W o m e n -o w n e d Business
P ro g ra m , ca ll us at (202) 75 2 -7 2 3 6 o r w r ite us a t: Fannie Mae
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