Frederick Douglass Award Recipients

 

SCOTT MILLS

President & COO of BET Networks

 

THE PIPELINE CRISIS/ WINNING STRATEGIES INITIATIVE FOR YOUNG BLACK MEN

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

 

Inaugural Presentation of the Ann S. Kheel Award

SUSAN PATRICOF

 

Hosted by: Sherri Shepherd

Special Performance by: Stephanie Mills

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Dinner Co-Chairs

Gideon King
Chief Executive Officer and Portfolio Manager
Loeb Partners  

Debra L. Lee
Chairman and CEO
BET Networks  

William M. Lewis, Jr.
Co-Chairman of Investment Banking
Lazard  

Basil A. Paterson, Esq.
Partner
Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein  

Lynn Whitfield
Actress and Activist  

The Frederick Douglass Awards Dinner was initiated in 1965 to acknowledge and honor leaders in the private and public sectors whose contributions to society serve to eliminate racial barriers and promote opportunities for the disadvantaged. The award was named in honor of Frederick Douglass, a former slave who escaped to freedom to become one of the nation’s most prominent and influential abolitionists. Based on the strength and brilliance of his advocacy and writings, Douglass is widely regarded as the "Father of the Civil Rights Movement."  

Proceeds from the Frederick Douglass Awards Dinner enable The New York Urban League to positively impact the lives of more than 15,000 directly and 35,000 indirectly under-resourced residents each year. During this current period of increasing economic challenges, your support of the awards dinner and the Urban League’s programs and services is ever more critical.