NAACP calls for boycott of Southern college sports programs over voting rights | PBS News

Launched on Tuesday, the "Out of Bounds" campaign urges prospective Black athletes, their families, alumni and fans to "withhold athletic and financial support" from major public universities in states that "have moved to limit, weaken or erase Black voting representation."…

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/naacp-calls-for-boycott-of-southern-college-sports-programs-over-voting-rights

 

NAACP asks judge to protect against ‘misuse’ of voter data seized by FBI in Georgia’s Fulton County - POLITICO

Georgia residents entrusted the state with their "sensitive personal information" when they registered to vote, and the Jan. 28 seizure of ballots and other election documents from the Fulton County elections hub "breached that guarantee, infringed constitutional protections of privacy, and interfered with the right to vote," the organizations said in a motion filed late Sunday...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/16/naacp-asks-judge-to-protect-against-misuse-of-voter-data-seized-by-fbi-in-georgias-fulton-county-00782976 

 

NAACP issues travel warning in Florida: the state ‘has become hostile to Black Americans’ | The Hill

"Due to this sustained, blatant, relentless and systemic attack on democracy and civil rights, the NAACP hereby issues a travel advisory to African Americans, and other people of color regarding the hostility towards African Americans in Florida," the group added...

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4013835-naacp-issues-travel-warning-in-florida-the-state-has-become-hostile-to-black-americans/

Nashville NAACP head finds target on his lawn: 'It's an act of intimidation'

The Nashville head of the NAACP said a police officer who responded to his home after a bullseye-like target appeared in his front yard dismissed his concerns. The Nashville NAACP president, Keith Caldwell, said in a Facebook post that he found the “bullseye” target on an easel-like holder on his front yard on Saturday night. After Caldwell called the city’s non-emergency police number to file a report, he said the responding officer who arrived at his home was “flippant” about the matter. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/11/nashville-naacp-target-lawn-police

NAACP, special-education advocates sue Betsy DeVos over her department’s handling of civil rights cases - The Washington Post

The plaintiffs say changes to the department's Office for Civil Rights are unlawful. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/naacp-special-education-advocates-sue-betsy-devos-over-her-departments-handling-of-civil-rights-cases/2018/06/01/bb8d8e44-65b7-11e8-99d2-0d678ec08c2f_story.html

Million-name petition urges Senate to deny Jeff Sessions confirmation (the guardian)

Trump's pick for attorney general 'entirely unfit' say activists, with NAACP president calling Alabama senator's nomination 'deeply troubling' ...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/08/jeff-sessions-petition-senate-attorney-general-confirmation?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1

Black voters sue North Carolina over last-minute purges

Three counties in North Carolina are canceling the voter registration of thousands of eligible residents— most of them African-American Democrats — just days before the 2016 election. On Monday, the North Carolina conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) sued the state and demanded an immediate stop to the practice, which they dubbed “a coordinated effort right out of the GOP playbook to suppress the black vote in the state.”...
https://thinkprogress.org/black-voters-sue-north-carolina-over-last-minute-purges-9526858aa749#.qsh81tbgf

North Carolina faces lawsuits over long voting lines and last-minute voter purges

The North Carolina conference of the NAACP is threatening the state with lawsuits after reports poured in about hours-long early voting lines and the improper removal of elderly voters from the rolls less than two weeks before Election Day.

“We will invoke legal action if necessary to stop this runaway train,” North Carolina NAACP President Rev. Dr. William Barber told reporters on a conference call....
https://thinkprogress.org/north-carolina-faces-lawsuits-over-long-voting-lines-and-last-minute-voter-purges-4ae6131b80d#.cspoowl5o

NAACP Calls for No More Charters Until Privatized Schools Face Same Standards as Public Schools

The charter school industry is coming under increased attack by national civil rights leaders for its unequal and antidemocratic practices in the communities it purports to help by privatizing K-12 schools.

On Saturday, the board of directors at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ratified a resolution passed this summer at its national convention calling for a moratorium on charter expansion and strengthening charter oversight. The NAACP vote came after intense lobbying against the resolution from the industry and its allies, including editorials in the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal, a letter from black pro-charter legislators from California (where the sector gets almost anything it wants), and out-of-state protesters who were bused in and interrupted the NAACP’s proceedings....
http://www.alternet.org/education/naacp-calls-no-more-charters-until-privatized-schools-face-same-standards-public-schools