NAACP plans annual banquet

The Pine Bluff Branch of the NAACP will present its 30th Dove Freedom Fund Banquet, in person, at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 21 at the Pine Bluff Convention.

The keynote speaker will be Jackie Harris, circuit judge-elect for 11th West Judicial District of Arkansas, 4th Division, Sub District 11w.1, according to StuffinTheBluff.com.

Harris was born and raised at Pine Bluff and currently serves as a partner at the law firm of McKissic & Associates PLLC. He graduated from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s William H. Bowen School of Law. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff and diploma from Dollarway High School.

The cost of the NAACP banquet is $40 per person. Tables are available for $400.

To purchase tickets, tables or for more details, contact event chairmen Sharon Sergeant at (870) 718-4164 or Marikka Bender at (256) 513-1667, or NAACP President Wanda V. Neal at (870) 536-3141.