
Supreme Court recognized this right in NAACP v. The right to expressive association refers to the right of people to associate together for expressive purposes – often for political purposes. Expressive association refers to right to associate for expressive, often political purposes There are two types of freedom of association: t he right to expressive association and the right to intimate association.Īdditionally, the First Amendment protects a right to associate and a right not to associate together. First Amendment protects two types of associative freedom The freedom of association - unlike the rights of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition - is a right not listed in the First Amendment but recognized by the courts as a fundamental right. (AP Photo/Gene Herrick with permission from The Associated Press.) After mob demonstrations in Birmingham, she had been barred from returning. In this 1956 photo in Birmingham, Alabama, NAACP leaders Ruby Hurley, right, Southeast regional secretary, and attorney Arthur Shores, left, work with Autherine Lucy, center, a 26-year-old student and first black person to attend the University of Alabama.


The Court upheld the rights of the NAACP. The NAACP refused, saying publicizing the list would invite repression against members. This activity led the state to investigate the organization, demanding a list of members. Board of Education against racial segregation in public schools. The NAACP was active in Alabama after the landmark decision in Brown v. Supreme Court first recognized the right of people to associate freely for expressive purposes in 1958 in NAACP v.
