Noted civil rights legend Dr. C. T. Vivian will be the guest speaker at the 8th annual Freedom Fund Banquet, sponsored by the Fayette County NAACP Branch. The event will be on Saturday, October 29th at the Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center, 2443 Highway 54 in Peachtree City. The theme this year is "Footprints of Civil Rights Heroes Igniting Our Steps Into The Future."

Vivian, a living legend of the Civil Rights movement, continues his activism today, tirelessly working for the progress of African Americans and the civil and political rights of all peoples. An uplifting speaker, he has addressed audiences in 42 states, 10 countries, and on countless campuses nationwide on the issues of civil rights, non-violence, racism and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with whom he worked for many years. 

U.S. Rep. John Lewis and recording star Regina Belle are this year’s honorary chairpersons. Barbara Cross, survivor of the 1963 bombing of  Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church that killed four little girls, and Fayette County resident Allison Henderson, a National NAACP ACT-SO winner, will serve as mistresses of ceremonies for the event. 

The program begins at 7 p.m. and will include dinner, a silent auction, a book signing by author Velma Maia Thomas, and a dance following the banquet. Fayette Schools Superintendent Dr. John Decotis, and Mr. Christopher Mandella Bynes, a senior at Sandy Creek High School, will be presented with the Community Service Award. 

Tickets are $60 for adults and $40 for youth 18 years of age and under. 

Please call the branch at 770-460-9934 before October 20th for tickets.

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