MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The president and CEO of the NAACP will be in the Twin Cities Friday night to speak at a national convention on the campus of the University of Minnesota.

Ben Jealous is the keynote speaker at the World Conference on Remedies to Racial and Ethnic Economic Inequality. It’s taking place at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs.

WCCO-TV’s Angela Davis will be the emcee Friday night of a celebration that recognizes the 20th anniversary of the Roy Wilkins Center at the U of M.