The national NAACP organization is taking a local branch to court over allegations that members overstepped their authority by trying to dissolve the branch and spreading misinformation.
In the lawsuit, the NAACP accused 13 former members of the Boulder, Colorado, chapter of filing articles of dissolution with the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office twice after the national office told them not to do so. It also accuses the former members of breaching their fiduciary duty by attempting to liquidate assets like $77,000 from a bank account and $25,000 in Google stock.
The legal action is the culmination of a months-long power struggle between the two entities…