NAACP Passes Resolution Calling Reagan Administration Threatening to Black Progress

At its annual convention in Boston, the NAACP passes a resolution declaring Reagan's policies a dangerous, regressive, and reactionary threat to the civil rights of Black Americans. Executive Director Benjamin Hooks leads the criticism of budget cuts, voting rights enforcement rollbacks, and the administration's opposition to school busing remedies. Reagan becomes the first sitting president to decline NAACP convention invitation.