LEWISBURG W.Va. (WVDN) – Over 90 members and friends of the Greenbrier Branch of NAACP enjoyed the annual Freedom Fund Dinner at the Clingman Center in Lewisburg on October 17. The dinner allows the branch to continue its mission to expand human and civil rights, eliminate discrimination and empower voters through education. Officials with the group released the following report:

Following an invocation by Rev. Kathie Holland and music featuring singer Nevaeh Trayham, Branch President Robin Crawford of Hinton welcomed everyone, and Mayor Beverly White greeted the group on behalf of the City of Lewisburg. Hattie Cooper, a student at Greenbrier Community School, read her moving essay, which won the 2025 Martin Luther King essay Contest.

Each year at the annual dinner, the Greenbrier Branch

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