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Wednesday, May 19th, Gil Noble, the renowned producer and host
of WABC-TV's weekly public affairs series Like It Is, will be
presented with an El Hajj Malik el Shabazz Malcolm X Activist Award at the
special tribute in honor of the 79th Birthday Anniversary of
Malcolm X. The event will begin at 6 pm in the Medgar Evers College
Auditorium, at 1650 Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn.
Gil
Noble is treasured both locally and nationally as a dedicated journalist
whose work has been an invaluable part of the struggle for African
American advancement. For decades he has spent long hours of research
and investigation to bring the consistently high quality of programming
to be found on his program Like It Is.
Over the years, Noble has interviewed many prominent figures in
society, including heads of state Michael Manley and P.J. Patterson
(Jamaica), Maurice Bishop (Grenada) and Sekou Ture (Guinea). In
entertainment, his interviews have included greats such as Sidney
Poitier, Bill Cosby, Sarah Vaughan, Sammy Davis, Jr., Aretha Franklin
and Harry Belafonte. He has also interviewed such political figures as
Jesse Jackson, Stokley Carmichael (Kwame Ture) and Adam Clayton Powell,
Jr. He has produced documentaries on W.E.B. DuBois, Malcolm X, Paul
Robeson and Fannie Lou Hamer.
Noble has received over 650 community awards, numerous industry awards
including seven Emmys, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National
Association of Black Journalists, and five honorary doctorates.
This gala event is being presented by the Medgar Evers Student
Government, People of the Sun-Middle Passage Collective, and AKEEM
Productions in celebration of Woman's History Month. Special
performances will be featured by Shanto, Crown Heights Youth Collective,
Kowteff and the New Kemit Society, and spoken word performances will run
throughout the evening. There will also be an African Market Place.
Admission is $15.00 or $10.00 for students and seniors. To get to
Medgar Evers College, take the B49 bus to Crown Street or the #2, 3, 4,
5 subway to Franklin Avenue. For more information call Akeem at (718)
270-4902.
