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The Attorney General of The United States, Loretta E. Lynch, To Deliver The Keynote Address At National Action Network’s (NAN) Annual King Day Awards

Jan 10, 2016

For Immediate Release
January 10, 2015

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, LORETTA E. LYNCH, TO DELIVER THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK’S (NAN) ANNUAL KING DAY AWARDS

AWARDS HONOREES INCLUDE THE LATE REV. CLEMENTA C. PINCKNEY, FORMER PASTOR OF MOTHER EMANUEL AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN CHARLESTON, SC, & AMONG THE NINE PEOPLE KILLED IN THE MASSACRE LAST YEAR; REV. PICKNEY’S WIFE WILL ACCEPT THE AWARD ON HIS BEHALF

FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC H. HOLDER ALSO AMONG THE HONOREES WHO WILL BE PRESENT

WHO:
Rev. Al Sharpton, President of National Action Network
The Honorable Loretta E. Lynch, Attorney General of the United States
The Honorable Eric H. Holder, Former U.S. Attorney General
Elizabeth Powell, Secretary Treasurer, Association of Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO
Reverend Clementa C. Pinckney, the late Pastor of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Accepting on his behalf his widow Mrs. Jennifer Pinckney
Eric Young, President AFGE Council of Prison Locals
Dr. John B. King, Jr., Secretary, U.S. Department of Education

WHERE:
Mayflower Renaissance Hotel
1127 Connecticut Avenue
Washington, DC 20036

WHEN:
Monday, January 18, 2016 – 8:30 – 10:30 a.m.

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