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Head of NAACP disinvited from speaking to Texas state bar over suit against 47th president’s administration

The State Bar of Texas rescinded NAACP President Derrick Johnson’s invitation to speak at its annual meeting, citing neutrality rules after the NAACP filed a lawsuit challenging a White House directive calling for the shrinking of the Education Department. Johnson criticized the move as a double standard given past speakers like former Attorney General William Barr.

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