A brief summary of the case NAACP v. Alabama ex rel. Patterson, 357 U.S. 449, 460 (1958)

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), a civil rights group that fought for African Americans’ equal rights, was involved in this case. The state of Alabama aimed to stop the group from operating there by asking the NAACP to reveal its membership list. The NAACP argued that the state’s demand was …