Black Bike Week is the annual Memorial Day weekend gathering of African-American motorcycle enthusiasts.
It has also become the time when members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People hold “Operation Bike Week Justice,” a time when the organization monitors discriminatory practices in Myrtle Beach.
During the three-day weekend, NAACP teams will be observing police activity and treatment of black tourists, monitoring the practices of local businesses, watching traffic patterns and fielding calls via an incident hotline.
A press conference will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 26th at Myrtle Beach City Hall outlining the plan for the weekend and the strategy for monitoring the city.
“Any form of racial discrimination against Black Bike Week visitors will not be tolerated,” said NAACP Vice President of Stakeholder Relations Nelson B. Rivers, III, and a native South Carolinian.
“Closing businesses or refusing to provide equal services to Black Bike Week visitors that are provided to visitors at other times of the year, not only makes no economic sense, it is against the law.”
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