NAACP Centennial Convention Largest in History Over 5000 Attendees Gather to Celebrate NAACP?S 100TH Year
December 31, 1969New York, New York with over 5000 attendees, the most in recent history.
Speakers included: Speaker of the House
Nancy Pelosi, Senator Charles E. Schumer,
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Congressman
Charles Rangel, Congressman Gregory
Meeks, New York Governor David Paterson,
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New
Jersey Governor John Corzine, General Colin
Powell, Reverend Al Sharpton,
Reverend Jesse Jackson, Liberia
President, Senegal
President, For the first time in history
all former President and CEO’s including Kwesi Mfume and Benjamin
Hooks addressed the Convention, President and CEO
Benjamin Todd Jealous unveiled a sweeping new law enforcement
initiative with Jeffrey Wright, NAACP Chairman
Julian Bond received the Spingarn Award and
President Obama addressed the Spingarn Dinner, the largest
gathering of African-American’s in the history of his
Presidency.
