"Yvette Lewis, the NAACP's Hillsborough County branch president, has been encouraged by the decisions to move the conferences, and hopes others follow."

“ 'This is power,' she told Yahoo News. 'I am so proud of you, Alpha Phi Alpha and NSBE, for standing for justice.' "

In DeSantis rebuke, 2 major Black orgs move their conferences — and millions in revenue — out of Florida