Detroit — Steering away from tradition, the Detroit Branch of the NAACP said it is rolling out the red carpet to seven celebrity guests at its 67th annual Fight For Freedom Fund Dinner.

The organization announced Thursday it was foregoing its tradition of naming a keynote speaker for a series of forums featuring multiple guests that will be honored on May 1, including:

• Actress Elise Neal of “The Black Hamptons”
• Actress Annie Ilonzeh of “General Hospital” and “Chicago Fire”
• Actor Lamman Rucker, star of “Greenleaf”
• Comedian and writer Chris Spencer
• TV personality Scott Evans, host of Access Hollywood
• Actor Tobias Truvillion of “Empire”
• And Angela Yee, radio personality of “The Breakfast Club”

The theme for this year’s dinner is “Freedom is expensive but tyranny is unaffordable.” The event will be held from 4-5 p.m. on May 1 at Huntington Place. Tickets can be purchased for $150 to $200 online.

Detroit President Rev. Wendell Anthony said he’s excited for the branch’s 110th year. The branch was established just three years after the NAACP was established in 1909.

“As we face the onslaught of voter suppression, the marginalization of people and minorities throughout the nation, the recent, we believe, execution-stye murder of Patrick Lyoya on the part of a Grand Rapids police officer, still demands the need for police reform,” Anthony said. “War in Ukraine and elsewhere, the need to find and preserve our freedom and our democracy remains paramount right here in the state of Michigan.”