2026 Banquet Photos | Captured by Cole' September 1, 2026 - The Jackson City Branch NAACP will host its 98th Annual Freedom Fund Banquet on Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 6 p.m. at the historic M.W. Stringer Grand Lodge, located at 1072 J.R. Lynch Street in Jackson. Presented under the theme “Year of Medgar,” this year’s banquet will honor the life, courage and enduring legacy of Mississippi civil rights leader Medgar Wiley Evers. The program will connect Evers’ unfinished w