Roland S. Martin
360° Contributor
www.rolandsmartin.com

DETROIT - The Detroit NAACP has already set a world record for having the largest sit-down annual dinner in the world - I believe it was 10,000 - and this year is no different.

According to the Rev. Wendell Anthony, president of the chapter, more than 8,000 people have bought tickets this year, and suffice to say that the room is packed.

To put it in perspective there are six head tables assigned by color - yellow, black and white, green, red and the blue, which is considered the main table.

The stars are also out in full force, including: Hill Harper; Anthony Anderson; Vivica A. Fox; Morris Chestnut; Judge Greg Mathis; Michigan Gov. Jenniger Granholm; Michigan U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin; Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick; former Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer; and CNN’s Soledad O’Brien.

I’m typing on my BlackBerry, but the photo I’ll send soon will show you the expansive room.

The room is hot because the guest speaker is the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. It has been a busy day for him; earlier he preached two worship services at Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, pastored by the Rev. Frederick D. Haynes III.

Well, I’m sitting one seat over from where he’ll be speaking so you’ll get a taste of what he had to say. I also have my Flip Video camera so we hope to have video as well!

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