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DeKalb NAACP gearing up for annual banquet

By April Hunt
Sept 24, 2012

The DeKalb County branch of the NAACP is hosting its annual Freedom Fund awards and banquet next month in Decatur.

Tickets are $75 and include a keynote speech by Michael Thurmond, the former state Labor Commissioner and first African-American elected to the General Assembly in Clarke County since Reconstruction.

The event begins at 7 p.m. Oct. 27 at the Courtyard by Marriott Decatur, 130 Clairemont Ave., Decatur.

Information/tickets: 404-241-8006.

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