Overview

• The NAACP announced that President Trump will not be invited to its Charlotte convention, marking the first exclusion of a sitting U.S. president in its 116-year history.
• NAACP President Derrick Johnson said the move was driven by Trump’s actions he says work to “eliminate civil rights” rather than advance them.
• Since January 2025 the administration has issued executive orders dismantling diversity, equity and inclusion practices from federal hiring and installed Harmeet Dillon atop the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.
• The NAACP has filed multiple lawsuits against the administration, including an April suit to block the Department of Education from cutting federal funding for schools with DEI programs.
• The White House has not formally responded and the NAACP’s Charlotte convention will proceed without a presidential address.