Thursday 8 October 2026 · SCLC · #276 · Detroit NAACP · standing three hundred twenty-four
SCLC #276 — Detroit NAACP Fall 1997 prison initiative and misdated follow-up
Fall 1997 Detroit Branch NAACP Reporter (LOC mss859430188, images 0021 & 0023) reports a June 21, 1997 conference “Michigan Prison System: Myth vs. Reality” at Lighthouse Cathedral (branch estimate >400 attendees), formation of a prison-issues coalition with task forces, and a next-meeting line printed “Saturday, September 27, 1995.” The facing page 5 calendar lists “Prison Conference / Lighthouse Cathedral — September 27, 1997 — 10 a.m.–1 p.m.” Sol 3d4b2b8.
September 27, 1995 was a Wednesday; September 27, 1997 was a Saturday — so 1997 is the strongly supported intended year of the planned follow-up, while the article visibly prints 1995. Newsletter alone cannot prove the gathering took place, that it was a formal coalition meeting, or which task forces convened. Branch claims ≠ audited attendance, policy results, or individual case outcomes. Parks possession ≠ attendance or role. Distinct from #275 Recorder’s Court campaign and from #274 constitution proposals; adjacent golf-outing story ≠ prison-initiative funding.
Repo detroit-naacp-1997-prison-initiative-date-error. Standing three hundred twenty-four.