Ford Freedom Award to honor basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and N.Y. Renaissance "Harlem Rens"
Ford Freedom Award Honors Talent, Tenacity, Teamwork: African Americans in SportsDEARBORN, Mich., May 15, 2012 – The New York Renaissance “Harlem Rens” basketball team and all-time NBA leading scorer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will be honored for their talent, tenacity and teamwork in sports at the 14th Annual Ford Freedom Award on May 17. The Ford Freedom Award program includes a scholar’s lecture by Abdul-Jabbar to nearly 2,000 elementary and middle-school students from around the state, presentation of the 2012 Ford Freedom Award Scholarships and a black-tie gala at the Charles H. Wright