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The Annapolis Times

A Baltimore Times/Times of Baltimore Publication

Vol. 18 No. 12

November 27 - Decenber 3, 2009

Complimentary

The Anne Arundel County Branch of the NAACP celebrates its Annual Freedom Fund Banquet and the NAACPs 100th Anniversary on November 20, 2009 at the LaFontaine Bleue in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. was keynote speaker (center). Executive Committee members from left to right: Ralph Thomas, treasurer; Annie Foster; Neva Stansbury; Yvette Aikens; Alva Sheppard-Johnson, secretary; Rev. Stephen Tillett; Hannah Chambers; Rev. Mildred Holliday; Jacqueline Allsup, president; Christine Davenport; Dwyane Lee; Frederick Howard; Mikio Manuel. Far right: Gerald Stansbury, Maryland State Conference president. Executive Committee members not shown: Merlan Bank; Tim Garrick; Delores Hawkins; Eliza Smith; Rene Swafford; Matsudo Wallace; and John Wilson. Photo: Phil Elliott

Anne Arundel County NAACP celebrates Annual Freedom Fund Banquet

By Zaina Adamu everend Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr., spoke to members and guests of the Anne Arundel County branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Glen Burnie on November 20 at a Freedom Fund Banquet sponsored by the organization.

Rev. Jeremiah Wright pleaded with his audience to strive for better circumstances in their communities and advocated that Americans be compelled to

walk together into our common future, Wright said in a refined, yet preachy tone. Prior to the event, an outpour of complaints from right-wing public inundated

Honoring our Past, Building Change for our Future

settle their differences. We must resolve to learn how to live together with our different paths as we NAACPs e-mail. They feared his speech would create the same tension his sermons did in early 2008. Im dis-

appointed that a racially divisive figure like Jeremiah Wright would be honored as the keynote speaker, said Del. Nic Kipke, R-Padadena to the Capital. In response, NAACP officials stated they would hire additional security due to some threatening emails they received. They did not want a spectacle, hinted one NAACP leader. Continued on page 6