<p>DETROIT — Black leaders converged here Saturday for a town hall meeting in advance of an annual fund-raising dinner benefiting the NAACP that is billed as the largest of its kind.</p>
<p>Among those taking part were Democratic Reps. John Conyers and Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, both of Michigan; Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick; the Rev. Al Sharpton; and attorney Johnnie Cochran.</p>