The
Detroit Branch NAACP has once
again arrived at a historic
moment. We are now on the eve of
our 64th Annual Fight For
Freedom Fund Dinner. The dinner
is scheduled for Sunday, May 5,
at 5pm, at the Cobo Convention
Center, soon to be renamed the
Chemical Bank Center. (Photo by
HB Meeks/Tell Us USA News
Network)
Detroit
Branch
NAACP,
President
Reverend
Wendell
Anthony
said,
"We are
pleased
to
welcome
U.S.
Senator
to the
great
state of
Michigan,
the
Honorable
Kamala
D.
Harris
to serve
as our
keynote
speaker."
Detroit
NAACP
announces
2019
Fight
For
Freedom
Fund
Dinner
keynote
and
awardees
By
Aaron
Best
TellUsDetroit.Com
DETROIT
--
Branch
President
Reverend
Wendell
Anthony
and
event
committee
of the
Detroit
Branch
NAACP
has once
again
arrived
at a
historic
announcement
on the
eve of
the 64th
Annual
Fight
For
Freedom
Fund
Dinner
scheduled
for
Sunday,
May 5,
at 5 pm,
at the
Cobo
Convention
Center,
soon to
be
renamed
the
Chemical
Bank
Center.
This
year
will be
one of
the most
exciting
years to
date. A
networking
opportunity
to bring
together
persons
from all
walks of
life. It
includes
business,
community,
faith-based,
labor,
grassroots,
and more
from
around
the
nation.
This
event is
one of
the
jewels
of the
city of
Detroit.
No other
city in
America
assembles
together
through
a civil
rights
organization
the
number
of
people
with the
diversity
and
community
outreach
as the
Detroit
Branch
NAACP.
This
year
they
honor a
native
Detroiter,
a
graduate
of
Detroit
Public
Schools,
former
president
of the
Detroit
Branch
NAACP,
and
former
president
of the
Progressive
National
Baptist
Convention,
Rev. Dr.
Charles
G.
Adams,
Senior
Pastor
of
Hartford
Memorial
Baptist
Church.
He will
receive
the
James
Weldon
Johnson
Lifetime
Achievement
Award.
The
Detroit
Branch
casts a
very
wide net
in the
grassroots
community
and
entertainment
world.
This
year,
they
will
honor a
man who
is an
entertainer
and
creative
artist.
They
present
the
W.E.B
DuBois
Freedom
&
Justice
Award to
Aliaune
Damala
Badara
"Akon"
Thiam.
They
will
also be
presenting
to Mr.
Darryl
Woods,
the
Great
Expectation
Award
for his
continuous
work in
reclaiming
our
young
men from
prison.
An
additional
recipient
of the
Great
Expectation
Award is
a young
lady who
believes
in
justice
from
South
Africa
to North
America.
She is
Dr.
Amanda
Alexander.
Last
and most
significant,
we are
pleased
to
welcome
U.S.
Senator
to the
great
state of
Michigan,
the
Honorable
Kamala
D.
Harris
to serve
as our
keynote
speaker.
Finally,
this is
the
100th
Anniversary
of the
song
Lift
Every
Voice
and
Sing,
performed
by
hundreds
of young
people
from the
city of
Detroit
and
around
this
region
in a
special
musical
tribute.
We are
inviting
students
from
high
schools,
in and
outside
of
Detroit,
to join
us for
this
historic
occasion.
You
may
contact
the
Detroit
Branch
NAACP at
(313)
871-2087
or visit
detroitnaacp.org
to
secure
your
tickets,
ads, or
for
information
about
this
significant
event.
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