Organization
The organization's Board of Directors, which includes the nation's most influential ministers, is chaired by Rev. Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson. The Board of Directors has a tradition of including those most recognized in the civil rights movement, as it was first chaired by Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, Pastor Emeritus of Canaan Baptist Church, New York, and former Executive Director to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In addition to Dr. Walker, the late Coretta Scott King, widow of Martin Luther King, and her son, Martin Luther King, III, support the organization and participate annually in the Keepers of the Dream Awards Dinner and National Convention.
The National Convention draws leaders from media, business, politics and the civil rights movement from across the country. The 2007 convention featured six presidential candidates and was dubbed by the media as the "Sharpton Primary."
National Action Network has established chapters in a wide variety of cities throughout the nation. The most recent chapter to be established is in Boston and is headed by Dr. B. J. Smith.
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