Subject: ICYMI: Detroit Branch NAACP Announces Hillary Clinton as Keynote Speaker for 61st Annual Fight For Freedom Fund Dinner
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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 12:37:47 -0400
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*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*                      *PRESS RELEASE*

April 28, 2016                                                 Media
Contact: WardHill Omni Media

LaToya Henry, (313) 447-6404 (c)

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Tonie Bell, (313) 802-1817 (c)

*Detroit Branch NAACP Announces Hillary Clinton as Keynote Speakerfor
61st Annual Fight For Freedom Fund Dinner*

*DETROIT – *The Detroit Branch NAACP held a press conference on
Monday, April 11, 2016 to announce the Keynote Speaker and Awardees for its
61st Annual Fight For Freedom Fund Dinner that will be held on Sunday, May
1, 2016 at Cobo Conference Center located at 1 Washington Blvd in Detroit.
The press conference was led by Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony,
President, Detroit Branch NAACP.  Rev. Anthony announced that former United
States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will serve as this year’s Keynote
Speaker.  This is Secretary Clinton’s second time serving as keynote
speaker, she also spoke while serving as a United States Senator in 2004.

In addition to announcing Secretary Clinton as the Keynote, Rev. Anthony
also announced the following:

*2016 Ida B. Wells Freedom and Justice Awardee*Ivy Bailey,
President, Detroit Federation of Teachers

*2016 Mary Church Terrell Freedom and Justice Awardee*Honorable Goeff
Hansen, Michigan State Senator (34th District)

*2016 Great Expectations Awardees*

   - Shaka Senghor
   Author, *Writing My Wrongs*
   - Honorable Mary Sheffield
   Councilwoman, City of Detroit

*-more-*

*2016 FFFFD*

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*“*The Detroit Branch NAACP is pleased to announce this lineup for the
61st Annual
Fight For Freedom Fund Dinner,” says Rev. Anthony.  “Our theme, ‘Let
America be America Again,’ will be well represented by our Keynote Speaker
and Awardees, who come from different backgrounds and industries, but
showcase what is good about having a diverse America.”

Additional announcements from the press conference included a special
tribute that will take place during the 61st Annual Fight For Freedom Fund
Dinner which will celebrate the tradition of American diversity.  This
tribute will feature youth from various cultures and ethnicities from
Metro Detroit.

Tickets for the Detroit Branch NAACP’s 61st Annual Fight For Freedom Fund
Dinner are available now.  For more information please call (313) 871-2087 or
visit detroitnaacp.org.

*The Detroit Branch NAACP is the largest branch in the NAACP. For more
information please call (313) 871-2087 <%28313%29%20871-2087>.*

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