Sidney Poitier, Andrew Young and Cicely Tyson Among Honorees at Turner Broadcasting's 10th...

Entertainment Editors & Television/Education Writers

ATLANTA--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Feb. 8, 2002

TBS Superstation To Televise Awards Saturday, Feb. 23, 2002

Sidney Poitier, Andrew Young, Cicely Tyson and Tom Joyner are among the honorees at Turner Broadcasting System,

The star-studded awards ceremony will air in a special presentation on TBS Superstation Saturday, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m. (ET)/8 p.m. (PT).

The TRUMPET AWARDS, hosted this year by Richard Roundtree, Nancy Wilson and James Avery, honor African-American achievers in fields as diverse as law, politics and entertainment.

The 10th Annual TRUMPET AWARDS Honorees

Living Legend Award: Actor Sidney Poitier

Pinnacle Award: Former Atlanta Mayor and U.S. Ambassador Andrew Young

Humanitarian Award: R.E. Turner

Young STAR Award: United States Congressman Harold Ford, Jr.

Actress Cicely Tyson Publisher, Chairman, CEO of Johnson Publishing Company John H. Johnson

Radio Personality Tom Joyner

Winners of this year's Tower of Power Awards, which trumpet public service and civic leadership, include former Senator and U.S. Ambassador Carol Moseley Braun; Supervisor, Second District LA County Board of Supervisors Yvonne Brathwaite Burke; Rev. Dr. Jonnie Colemon, Founder-Minister Christ Universal Temple; Sylvia Flanagan, senior editor of Jet magazine; Spelman College President Dr. Audrey Forbes Manley; National Institutes of Health Dr. Vivan Pinn; Ernesta Procope, Wall Street broker and president and CEO of E.G. Bowman Co.; White House National Security Advisor Dr. Condoleezza Rice; and U.S. Congresswoman Maxine Waters.

Performers at the 10th ANNUAL TRUMPET AWARDS include Oleta Adams, Miri Ben-Ari, Ernestine Dillard, Kenny Lattimore, Donnie McClurkin, Melvin Miller, Melba Moore, Clark Atlanta University Orchestra, Freda Payne, Charley Pride and the Sanctuary Choir of Christian Fellowship Baptist Church. Entertainer Erykah Badu, actor Roscoe Lee Browne, CNN television host Larry King and singer Gladys Knight are among the presenters. Xernona Clayton serves as executive producer of the two-hour ceremony.

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a subsidiary of AOL Time Warner Inc., is a major producer of news and entertainment product around the world and the leading provider of programming for the basic cable industry.

This information and photography of Sidney Poitier, Cicely Tyson, Chris Tucker and hosts Richard Roundtree, Nancy Wilson and James Avery can be accessed on TBS, Inc's press site at http://pressroom.turner.com.