November 27 - Decenber 3, 2009Vol. 18 No. 12 Complimentary

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The Anne Arundel County Branch of the NAACP celebrates its Annual Freedom Fund Banquet and the NAACP’s 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: RalphThomas, 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

Reverend 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 Free-

dom Fund Banquet sponsored by the or-

ganization.

Rev. Jeremiah Wright pleaded with his

audience to strive for better circum-

stances in their communities and advo-

cated that Americans be compelled to

settle their differences.

“We must resolve to learn how to live

together with our different paths as we

walk together into our common future,”

Wright said in a refined, yet preachy tone.

Prior to the event, an outpour of com-

plaints from right-wing public inundated

NAACP’s e-mail. They feared his

speech would create the same tension

his sermons did in early 2008. “I’m 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 re-

ceived. They did not want a spectacle,

hinted one NAACP leader. Continued on page 6

Anne Arundel County NAACP celebrates Annual Freedom Fund Banquet

‘Honoring our Past, Building Change for our Future’

By Zaina Adamu