All residents of Garland, Rowlett and surrounding cities are invited to the 21st Garland Winter Ball presented by the NAACP Garland Unit. The event will include live entertainment and dinner. Attire is black tie.
Please join us Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, at 7 p.m. at the Hyatt Place, 5101 North President George Bush Highway in Garland.
The cost is $55 per person. Click HERE to purchase tickets online at Eventbrite. Ticket sales will end Feb. 14, 2022, at 9 p.m., so order right away.
This event will also serve as the organization’s Meet the Candidates Night.
NAACP Garland Unit history:
The Garland Unit of the NAACP was chartered July 6, 1984, with 127 members. Goldie Locke served as founding president and Johnnie O. Steadham was first vice president, along with 18 Executive Committee members.
Two of the original 18 board members are still active: Chester Johnson currently serves as chair of Legal Redress and Carol Montgomery is active on two committees. Richard Dockery, NAACP regional director, chaired the standing-room-only organizational meeting where two key issues were addressed: 1). the firing of African American police officer Sam Allen; 2). substandard schools in the minority area of Garland. Sam Allen later rehired as a Garland firefighter.
To address schools, the Garland Unit became a plaintiff to the original school desegregation court order filed by the United States Justice Department and the Texas Education Agency. This judgment remains in effect.