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Everick Turner speaks at Carbondale NAACP Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast

WSIU Public Broadcasting | By Brian Sapp
Published January 19, 2026 at 6:00 AM CST
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MLK Scholarship Breakfast

The NAACP is hosting their 44th annual Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. Scholarship Breakfast with Everick Turner as the keynote speaker. He retired after serving 25 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections as an assistant warden. He's also served for many years with the NAACP in Jacksonville, Springfield, and now Carbondale.
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Brian Sapp joined the WSIU News team in January 2025. He is a graduate of Southern Illinois University.
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