TERREBONNE NAACP CELEBRATION

Television actress Jackee Harry headlines the Terrebonne Parish Chapter of the NAACP’s annual salute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

The group’s 48 hour celebration will be held Sunday Jan 18 and Mon Jan 19 at the Dumas Auditorium on Tunnel Blvd.

The Terrebonne NAACP Youth group will kick off the chapter’s activities, with a special program at 5 p.m. Sunday, featuring local youth ministers. There will also be a gospel and teen solos, according to Diane Collins, NAACP Youth Director.

On Monday, television actress Jackee Harry, star of the tv shows “Sister Sister” and “227” will deliver the keynote address to the Terrebonne NAACP Adult Chapter.

The program will begin at 11 a.m. and will feature the NAACP Youth Choir, and various musicians and singers from the Beacon Light Baptist Church of Houma.

Elder Herbert K Andrew, pastor of Beacon Light, will be the presiding minister for the program.

Also, NAACP President Jerome Boykin said he has received interest from a spokesman within Gov. Bobby Jindal’s office, that Jindal is interested in attending the event, however his appearance has not yet been confirmed, “although we were told that there is a 90 percent chance he will attend.”

“It should be a day on, not a day off, in order for all of us to celebrate what Dr. King did for everyone – the fight that we’re all equal, both black and white,” Boykin said.

Jerome Boykin is the recipient of the 2008 Louisiana NAACP Badge of Courage Award.
“It’s not always easy to do what’s right, to stand up for what you believe in. You take a lot of heat, and then you take more,” Boykin said.

While adults can attend the Monday program inside Dumas, children can enjoy amusement rides, as well as hamburgers and other snacks outside, from 11 a.m. until, part of an annual fundraiser for the NAACP Youth Department, Collins said.