WASHINGTON (AURN News) — A political fight over Black voting rights is now moving into college sports.
The NAACP and Congressional Black Caucus are launching a new campaign called “Out of Bounds,” urging Black athletes to boycott public universities in several Southern states after the Supreme Court’s recent Louisiana v. Callais ruling weakened key protections under the Voting Rights Act.
At a fiery press conference Tuesday, leaders accused states including Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Texas and South Carolina of redrawing congressional maps to dilute Black political power while continuing to profit from Black athletes on the field.
NAACP President Derrick Johnson put it bluntly: “No representation, no revenue.”
He compared the current movement to a modern-day Jim Crow backlash.
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., called the attacks on Black representation “Jim Crow-like racially oppressive tactics” while warning that silence from major universities amounts to complicity.
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