NAACP Chair Says He Hopes Florida Travel Advisory Leads

NAACP Board of Directors Chair Leon Russell told NNPA Newswire that the civil rights organization’s Florida travel advisory isn’t a ban but a call to action against the state’s regressive and oppressive laws and policies that specifically target Blacks and other minorities.

Russell asserted that the advisory serves as a method to mobilize voters who are subjected to and tired of the anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion movement in the Sunshine State.

“Let’s understand what this advisory is. It is an advisory,” Russell said. “It is advising people who are coming into the state or who are thinking about coming into the state.”

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