Television broadcaster Ed Gordon to be keynote speaker at EMU's MLK Day Celebration

Ed Gordon, an Emmy Award-winning television broadcaster and founder of Daddy's Promise, will be the keynote speaker for Eastern Michigan University's annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration.

MLK DAY KEYNOTE: Ed Gordon, host of the nationally syndicated TV talk show, "Our World With Black Enterprise," is the keynote speaker at Eastern Michigan University's MLK Day Celebration Jan. 19, 2009.

Gordon is currently host of the new, nationally syndicated TV show, "Our World With Black Enterprise," a 30-minute program that includes a mix of one-on-one headline interviews with today's top newsmakers and celebrities, roundtable discussions, and profiles of some of the world's most intriguing people.

The event, scheduled Monday, Jan. 19, begins with a breakfast from 7:45-9:30 a.m. in room 310 of the Student Center, followed by Gordon's keynote speech from 10-11:30 a.m. in the Student Center Auditorium. The President's Luncheon takes place from 11:50 a.m. to 1:50 p.m. in the Student Center Grand ballroom. Gordon will make brief remarks at the luncheon.

Gordon formerly was managing editor of Black Entertainment Television's (BET) "News With Ed Gordon," host of "BET Tonight" and host of the one-on-one talk show, "Conversations with Ed Gordon."

Before going to BET, Gordon had a three-year stint on NBC as a contributor to the "Today Show" and "Dateline," and its cable sister network, CNBC, where he was anchor and host of the talk show, "Internight." Gordon first gained acclaim for garnering the first interview with O.J. Simpson after the former football star was acquitted for the murder of his ex-wife and her friend. Gordon opened the interview by asking, "Did you commit those murders?"

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