NAACP ‘We Suing Everybody’ Declaration Both Talk and Action

By Aswad Walker, The Defender

In the 1970s, when R&B bands ruled the universe, one band, Parliament/Funkadelic, was ready and willing to take on all competition and show its funk superiority. “Let’s take it to the stage,” was the battle cry of the group’s leader, George Clinton.

In 2025, the NAACP is declaring its willingness to stand on a different stage to fight against a barrage of national and state policies the organization deems as detrimental to the well-being of Black America, and America in general.

“We suing everybody” is the rallying cry coming from the NAACP’s Chief Strategy Officer, Yumeka Rushing.

The call harkens back to the civil rights organization’s roots. The NAACP’s most notable victories came at the hands of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, which executed the strategy