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NAACP 75th Anniversary The Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP marked its 75th anniversary with a series of events in October, ranging from performances of songs, readings and spoken word of the African diaspora to a Freedom Journey walk. The festivities culminated Oct. 22 with a gala at the Sheraton Chapel Hill Hotel featuring entertainment from Liquid Pleasure and a Founding Day celebration on Oct 23. Photography by Sonja Matheny, Matheny Media CHM 4
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1 NAACP Youth Council members Nevaeh Hodge, Myles Jackson, Joyah Horton, Grace Akoth and Kendall Lytle. 2 Liquid Pleasure performs. 3 Chapel Hill Town Council member and branch secretary Paris Miller-Foushee. 4 Chapel Hill Magazine’s Ellen Shannon, Rebecca Shannon Beck, Tom Maltais, Janet Hadar and Creighton Blackwell. 5 Branch president Dawna Jones. 6 Gala host Phil Ford, Carol Woods Director of Admissions and PR Gretchen Likins and Deborah Stroman, 75th anniversary co-chair. 7 James Brittian Jr. and U.S. Representative-elect Valerie Foushee.
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chapelhillmagazine.com
January/February 2023