History buffs take note. Ford Motor Company has partnered with the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) to air “For Love of Liberty: The Story of America’s Black Patriots.”
The four-hour, two-part, high-def documentary tells dramatic first-hand accounts of the military service experience of African-American men and women through stirring off-camera readings by Morgan Freeman, Louis Gossett Jr., Danny Glover, Mel Gibson, Susan Sarandon, John Travolta, Robert Duvall, Sam Elliot and many others.
The program, which is presented by Maryland Public Television, airs in two parts on most PBS stations nationwide throughout February and on PBS in Detroit on Monday, Feb. 15. Check local listings.
Black History Month Celebration
In addition, Ford-Employees African-Ancestry Network (FAAN) hosts its 29th Annual Black History Month Celebration at the Ford Conference and Event Center in Dearborn, on Friday, Feb. 19. The event includes a panel discussion featuring Soledad O'Brien, CNN anchor and special correspondent, Tom Joyner, host of the nationally syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show, Angela Burt-Murray, editor-in-chief of Essence magazine, David A. Wilson, founder and managing editor www.thegrio.com, and Jonathan Rogers, CEO and president of TV One.
For more information on the 29th Annual Black History Month Celebration please visit: http://faan2010bhmcelebration.eventbrite.com/
For more information on For Love of Liberty please visit: www.forloveofliberty.org
Quotes
"We are honored to partner with PBS on a film that not only chronicles a story that had yet to be told, but does so with so much passion. This is a story that all of us in America no matter the race, can appreciate as it celebrates those who risked their lives for this country. To be able to partner on a documentary that tells such a remarkable story and does so with the support of some of the biggest entertainers and public figures of today was just one of the reasons why we decided to move forward with this partnership."
– Crystal Worthem, Multicultural Marketing Manager, Ford Motor Company
"It is a wonderful story of a group of Americans who never lost their love of this country, never lost their faith in it or what the Founding Fathers had promised them. And that's why this story is simply called, "For Love of Liberty."
– Former U.S. Secretary of State and Army General Colin Powell in the film's introduction
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