The Freedom Award Ceremony at the Orpheum Theatre

The 28th Freedom Award Honorees are Hafsat Abiola, Gloria Steinem, and John Legend. The Ceremony will be preceded by the Pre-Show Gala at 5 p.m.at the Halloran Centre for the Performing Arts.

Lamman Rucker, an actor, educator, activist and entrepreneur whose career platform has been used to influence, educate and ignite communities through artistic and academic innovation hosts the Freedom Award Ceremony. 

This year’s Freedom Award pays tribute to the Green Book, or the Negro Travelers’ Green Book, that identified safe accommodations and services for African Americans traveling during the segregated Jim Crow Era. It was a resource that listed the Lorraine Motel, the current site of the museum.

Movement artist and Memphis native CHARLES "LIL BUCK" RILEY, urban jazz harmonicist FRÉDÉRIC YONNET, and poetry champion ED MABREY provides the entertainment for the evening. 

Individual tickets are $200, $300 and $450. Sponsorships available. Visit http://www.freedomaward.org for details.