NAACP calls on athletes and fans to boycott athletic programs over voting rights

The NAACP, the nation’s oldest civil rights organization, called on athletes and fans to boycott schools in eight Southern states that have “moved to limit, weaken or erase Black voting representation” since the U.S. Supreme Court recently voted to narrow the Voting Rights Act.“The NAACP will not watch the same institutions that depend on Black athletic prowess to fill their stadiums and their bank accounts remain silent while their states strip Black communities of their voice,” NAACP executive director Derrick Johnson said in a statement.Advertisement