NAACP To Announce Plans For North Carolina Economic Boycott

Dennis Ojogho, 21, from Los Angeles, and an intern at the National Association for the Advancement of Color People (NAACP), holds ups a sign during a news conference announcing NAACP's Journey for Justice, at the Lin... Dennis Ojogho, 21, from Los Angeles, and an intern at the National Association for the Advancement of Color People (NAACP), holds ups a sign during a news conference announcing NAACP's Journey for Justice, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Monday, June 15, 2015. Journey for Justice is a 860-mile march from Selma, Ala., to Washington DC, to highlight vulnerable communities subject to regressive voting rights tactics. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) MORE LESS
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The NAACP is announcing plans for an economic boycott of North Carolina to protest laws enacted by the state’s conservative General Assembly, including one limiting LGBT protections.

The civil rights group issued a statement saying national President Cornell Brooks will speak Friday at a news conference in Raleigh.

In December, NAACP state leader the Rev. William Barber said he was seeking approval for a national boycott to pressure lawmakers over issues including the law known as House Bill 2. He also cited recent changes to the state elections board and the process for drawing electoral districts.

Previously, the NAACP held a 15-year economic boycott of South Carolina over the flying of the Confederate battle flag on Statehouse grounds. That boycott ended with the flag’s removal in 2015.

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