Please join us on October 29, 2005, for our annual Founders
Dinner and Gala. We are pleased to announce that James Earl
Jones will be our special guest entertainer.
Jones made his feature film debut in Stanley Kubrick’s “Dr.
Strangelove” opposite George C. Scott (who ironically won
the Oscar the year Jones was nominated for “The Great White
Hope”). Other noteworthy motion picture roles include, “The
Comedians,” with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton; “The
River Niger,” with Cicely Tyson;
“The Greatest” (as Malcolm X), with Muhammad Ali; “A Piece
of the Action,” with Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier; “Gardens
of Stone,” with James Caan and Angelica Houston; “Coming
to America,” with Eddie Murphy, and “Three Fugitives,”
with Nick Nolte and Martin Short.
His distinctive voice,
which has enriched recordings of everything from classic
dramas to Bell Atlantic commercials, also gave size and soul
to “Darth Vader” in the “Star Wars” trilogy of feature films.
And yes, he is the “voice”
behind CNN.
Among his many awards and recognitions, Jones
holds honorary doctorates from Yale, Princeton, and the University
of Michigan. In December 2002 he was among five recipients
of the Silver Jubilee Kennedy Center Honors. In 1992 he was
awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Bush. He
is also the recipient of the prestigious NAACP Hall of Fame
Image Award for his great contributions to the arts.
This
year’s Founders Dinner, chaired by Dr. Casey Lawler and Royce
Robinson-Lawler, will be held at The Depot in Minneapolis.
A reception and silent auction will begin at 6:00 p.m. with
dinner and the program following at 7:30 p.m. Invitations
will be mailed in August. For more information on the dinner
or to inquire about sponsorship opportunities, contact Blaine
Thrasher, vice president of development, at 612-863-1636
or info@mhif.org.
