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Shreveport hosts NAACP regional conference

By: Marquel Sennet

Updated: March 7, 2013

The Port City is set to host the NAACP's regional conference. The three day event kicks off Thursday.

Some of the highlights include a public hearing called "Crime in the Black Community" at 4:30pm. A Gospel Extravaganza will take place at 6:30 Thursday night. Both are free to the public.

Saturday the organization's national president Benjamin Jealous will speak at a Freedom Fund Dinner at 7pm at the Shreveport Convention Center. Individual tickets are $60.

500 students and adults from five states will be in town for the conference.

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