Derrick Johnson

The NAACP launched the "Out of Bounds" campaign calling for Black athletes to boycott state-funded universities in the Deep South in response to gerrymandering efforts that dismantle majority-minority voting districts. The campaign urges elite athletes to reconsider attending programs at schools like Alabama, Georgia, LSU, and Clemson, or to transfer to HBCUs. The effort aims to leverage college sports' financial dependence on Black athletes to pressure states to reverse redistricting maps drawn after a Supreme Court ruling weakened the Voting Rights Act.

The NAACP and Congressional Black Caucus urged a college sports boycott in Southern states over voting rights concerns, targeting public universities in states that have enacted redistricting efforts. The push follows the Supreme Court's ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, which weakened the Voting Rights Act, and focuses on institutions within the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in eight priority states.

The NAACP and Congressional Black Caucus have called for a college sports boycott targeting public universities in Southern states linked to redistricting efforts that threaten Black voting representation. The push follows a Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais and focuses on institutions in the Southeastern Conference, including states like Alabama, Florida, and Texas. The lawmakers and advocacy group also criticized the SCORE Act, which addresses college athlete compensation.

The NAACP and Congressional Black Caucus have called for a college sports boycott in Southern states over voting rights concerns following a Supreme Court ruling that weakened the Voting Rights Act. They specifically target public universities in eight states for redistricting efforts that threaten Black representation.

The NAACP and Congressional Black Caucus urged a boycott of college sports in Southern states over voting rights concerns, targeting public universities in eight states. They cited recent Supreme Court decisions and redistricting efforts that threaten Black representation, focusing on the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

The NAACP is asking Black athletes to boycott SEC and ACC powers by withholding athletic and financial support from public universities in states accused of weakening black voting representation. The campaign targets states such as Tennessee, Louisiana, and Alabama, and asks athletes to consider transferring to historically Black colleges and universities. The NAACP aims to pressure state legislatures into opposing GOP-led redistricting efforts.

The NAACP is calling for a boycott of Southern schools by Black student-athletes due to redistricting backlash. This call to action was made at the NAACP's national convention. The move aims to address concerns over racial equality and representation.

Civil rights leaders and activists are organizing a renewed push to defend Black political representation following a Supreme Court ruling that weakened the Voting Rights Act by prohibiting race-based considerations in congressional district drawing. The NAACP and scores of allied organizations are planning rallies in Alabama to catalyze opposition to what they view as efforts to dismantle voting protections established during the Civil Rights Movement.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Advance Project petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a Virginia Supreme Court ruling that invalidated a redistricting referendum, arguing the decision nullified millions of votes. The referendum aimed to allow Virginia to redraw its congressional map, which Democrats sought to favor their party in up to 10 of 11 House districts.

The NAACP president criticizes the Supreme Court's redistricting decision, calling it one of the worst in history. Republican Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is pushing back primaries for four Congressional districts. The decision allows Alabama to use a 2023 map with only one majority-Black district.

The Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act by ruling Louisiana's Black-majority congressional districts were an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, enabling Republican-controlled Southern states to redraw maps favoring GOP candidates. Democrats warn this will cost them safe House seats in the South and hinder efforts to retake the House in November 2024.