53rd Annual Freedom Fund Luncheon
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Kansas City, Missouri Branch is celebrating the fifty-third annual freedom fund luncheon that helps our branch advocate for equality, justice, and civil rights for all people. NAACP Fighting Fund for Freedom (aka Freedom Fund Banquet) – The NAACP Freedom Fund began in 1953 (on a national level) as a ten-year program to intensify efforts to complete the job of emancipation. Near the culmination of this effort, Medgar W. Evers, a heroic NAACP Mississippi Field Secretary, was killed by an assassin’s bullet. This prompted the NAACP Chairman Bishop Stephen Spottswood to pay tribute to this gallant warrior at the NAACP Convention in Chicago, Illinois in July 1963. He did so by proclaiming that the NAACP Fighting Fund for Freedom will continue until the job of emancipating our people is complete. (Source: The 96th Annual Thurgood Marshall Freedom Fund Dinner and Awards Ceremony) As we work to recover and rebuild post-pandemic, we want to express our sincere thanks to you for your continued support and commitment to the Kansas City Branch. We invite you to purchase your tickets early to secure your place at this extraordinary event. Your support plays a vital role in enabling the NAACP Kansas City Branch to continue our mission of promoting equality and justice for all. Time & Location:Saturday, October 5, 2024, 11:00 amKansas City Marriott Downtown, 200 W 12th St, Kansas City, MO 64105 Theme: All In! Speaker: Claude Cummings, Jr., President of the Communications Workers of America.