MS State NAACP convenes in Biloxi

By Dr. Anne T. Sulton, Esq.

Jackson Advocate Senior 

International Correspondent

From November 5-7, 2026, the 81st Annual Mississippi State Conference NAACP Convention & Policy Institute will be held at the Golden Nugget Casino Resort in Biloxi, MS. This year’s theme is “We the People” – both a declaration and a call to action.

Keynote speakers include Derrick Johnson (NAACP President and CEO) and Leon Russell (Chair, NAACP National Board of Directors). Workshops will be offered on several pressing issues, including Criminal Justice, Environmental Justice, Health, and Labor & Industry. 

Under the visionary leadership of Deloris Lee, Chair of the Mississippi State NAACP Conference’s Labor & Industry Committee, her workshop at 9:15 AM on November 7th also promises to produce an action plan. This plan will focus on African Americans’  future participation in the entrepreneurial sectors in 2027 and beyond. Lee assembled an impressive panel able to approach the topic from local, statewide, national and international perspectives.

This scheduled workshop begins with initial remarks by the Jackson Advocate. It is sponsoring this unique and crucially important workshop to honor Charles W. Tisdale on the 100th anniversary of his birth and legendary labor activist Bill Lucy.

Flying in from New York City, Attorney Patrice Amandla Sulton (Director of the Center on Race, Inequality and the Law at New York University Law School) will serve as moderator for the workshop. Panelists slated to appear in-person with her are Curley Clark (President of the Moss Point-Jackson County Branch NAACP), Rip Daniels (owner of WJZD-FM JZ 94.5 and co-host of  its renowned “It’s A New Day” talk show), and David Thomas (retired Franchise Operations Manager providing oversight for more than 90 Panera Bread locations nationwide).

For more information, please visit https://naacpmssc.org/