NAACP urges boycott of college sports in south over voting rights

Eight states have moved to draw new maps after supreme court ruling that severely weakened the Voting Rights Act

The NAACP on Tuesday launched a campaign urging Black athletes, their families, alumni and fans to boycott athletic programs of public universities in states that have moved to limit, weaken or erase Black voting representation".

In the announcement of the Out of Bounds" campaign, the civil rights giant name-checked eight states - Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas and Georgia - whose flagship public athletic programs generate more than $100m in annual revenue. Each of those states has moved to draw new maps to limit Black voting representation, following the supreme court's Louisiana v Callais decision severely weakening the Voting Rights Act.