Ford program will honor local African Americans

February 11, 2005 BY MELANIE D. SCOTT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER Ford Motor Co. and the Ford Employees African Ancestry Network are sponsoring their 24th annual Black History Month program honoring several prominent local African Americans. Ester Gordy-Edwards, founder and chief operating officer of the Motown Museum, and Booker T. Dozier, a community leader and youth mentor, will receive Heritage Awards. The event begins at 6 p.m. today with the presentation and a keynote addresses from Juan Williams, an editorial writer for the Washington Post, and Ford Motor Co. Chief Operating Officer William Clay Ford Jr. Complete Story: http://www.freep.com/money/autonews/honor11e_20050211.htm