NAACP Report 5/21/08 - A Call to Action for Baltimore's African American Men
05/21/08 Filed in: TV Shows
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Conferences
Weekly TV show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP hosted by branch president Marvin "Doc" Cheatham. This episode features a press conference (starting 5 min. 40 sec. in) announcing the event "A Call to Action for Baltimore's African American Men" scheduled for Father's Day, Sunday, June 15, 2008, 3-7 p.m. at the Baltimore Convention Center. Speakers at the May 21, 2008 press conference at Calverton Elementary/Middle School are: Alvin Gillard (Executive Director, Baltimore Community Relations Commission), Dr. Marjorie Miles (Principal, Calverton Elementary/Middle School), Imam Earl El-Amin (Muslim Community Cultural Center of Baltimore), Brian D. Morris (Chair, Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners), Dr. Andres Alonzo (CEO, Baltimore City Public School System), James Roberts (Special Assistant to the President, Coppin State Univ.), Raymond Haysbert, Sr. (Chairman, Greater Baltimore Urban League), Brother Ellsworth Johnson-Bey (Founder and President, Fraternal Order of X-Offenders, aka FOXO), Richard Rowe (Co-host, “Conversation with the African American Male” on WEAA-FM 88.9), Rev. Johnny Golden (President-elect, Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance). Includes brief interviews with Rowe, Gillard, Golden, George D. Arnold (known for his performances of "Echoes of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."), Ertha Harris (a community activist), Ray Cook (Executive Director and Founder, On Our Shoulders), Fmr. State Sen. Larry Young (Host, The Larry Young Morning Show, WOLB-AM 1010), and Lt. Col. (Ret.) "Dino" Burrell (President, Baltimore Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, aka SCLC).