Honoree Adrian A. Council, Sr.; Jean Nash Wells; and Sandra Rice, SVP Emma Bowen Foundation
McDonald’s Owner/Operators and honorees
McDonald’s Honors Media Legends BY ISSEU DIOUF CAMPBELL and Trailblazers
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L–R: Rev. Dr. Marvin D. Hooks, Sr., AME Zion Church, Brooklyn; Honorees Rev. Dennis Dillon; Bob Picket and guest
cDonald’s honored thirteen Black Media Legends and Trailblazers who have impacted the community through their achievements and positive examples on February 2, 2015 at the Pierre Hotel in Manhattan. McDonald’s operators and several members of the media braved the bad weather to cheer for this year’s honorees: Chuck Carter (WPIX 11), Don Collins (CBS 2), Adrian Council (The Positive Community), Rev. Dennis Dillon (Christian Times), William Egyir (New York Beacon), Regina Leader McKinnis (Fox 5), Yvette Miley (MSNBC), Les Payne (Newsday & NABJ), Robert Pickett, Esq. (WBLS), Deborah Roberts (ABC News), Shaila Scott (WBLS), Tracie Strahan (NBC 4), Brandon Walker (News 12 CT) and Hank Hamlette (NBC 4). NY1 anchor and co-host of the ceremony Cheryl Wills received the McDonald’s Harold Dow Lifetime Achievement Award.
Hosts L–R: Cheryl Wills, Anchor NY1 TV News and Brenda Blackmon, former WOR-TV news anchor
Impresario Curtis Farrow
Photos: Bruce Moore
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The Positive Community February 2015
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