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73rd Annual NAACP Tennessee State Convention

  • Participants in the Vernon Jarrett Youth Awards Luncheon fill their plates during the Saturday event at the Doubletree Hotel in Oak Ridge during the 73rd Annual NAACP Tennessee State Convention. In front are Katie Wilson, left, of Murfreesboro and Tyler Morton of Brownwood. - G. Chambers Williams

  • Kevin Myles, Southeastern Region IV director of the NAACP, gives the keynote speech on Saturday during the Youth Awards Luncheon at the Tennessee NAACP State convention in Oak Ridge. Myles urged the Youth Council members to embrace their roles as the next generation of leaders in the continuing fight for civil rights and equality. - G. Chambers Williams

  • Gloria J. Sweet-Love, left, Tennessee NAACP president, sits with Tom Savage of Cookeville during Saturday’s Youth Awards luncheon during the state NAACP state convention in Oak Ridge. - G. Chambers Williams

Participants in the Vernon Jarrett Youth Awards Luncheon fill their plates during the Saturday event at the Doubletree Hotel in Oak Ridge during the 73rd Annual NAACP Tennessee State Convention. In front are Katie Wilson, left, of Murfreesboro and Tyler Morton of Brownwood.



Kevin Myles, Southeastern Region IV director of the NAACP, gives the keynote speech on Saturday during the Youth Awards Luncheon at the Tennessee NAACP State convention in Oak Ridge. Myles urged the Youth Council members to embrace their roles as the next generation of leaders in the continuing fight for civil rights and equality.



Gloria J. Sweet-Love, left, Tennessee NAACP president, sits with Tom Savage of Cookeville during Saturday’s Youth Awards luncheon during the state NAACP state convention in Oak Ridge.