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.


