The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will host more than 8,000 members, delegates and visitors during its 98th Annual Convention at Detroit's COBO Hall Convention Center, July 7-12. Prominent speakers include: U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus; Michael Chertoff, secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Bishop Philip Robert Cousin, Sr. , Senior Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church; Kwame M. Kilpatrick, Mayor, City of Detroit; Julian Bond, Chairman, NAACP National Board of Directors; and Dennis C. Hayes, Interim NAACP President and CEO. (Other speakers will be announced in June).
Themed "Power Beyond Measure," new offerings for this year's annual convention include political forums, an Authors' Pavilion with signings and readings and a funeral for the N-word.
"Simply phenomenal" is how NAACP National Board of Directors Vice Chair and Convention Planning Committee Chair Roslyn M. Brock describes the event. "The NAACP annual convention always gathers the most dedicated and influential community activists in the nation who represent
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