From the Shreveport Times (LA):

Civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton was in Shreveport on Wednesday night to raise funds for his 2004 presidential campaign.

The Rev. Artis Cash, pastor of Shreveport Christian Church, said the fund-raiser was in response to a promise he made when Sharpton visited the city June 3. "This is not a IMAC presentation. I promised the Sharpton camp that I would get people together for a fund-raiser, and I am keeping my word."