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NAACP head reverses boycott stand after Giants owner seeks donation refund

One of the Bay Area civil-rights leaders who on Monday called for a boycott of the Giants reversed course Tuesday after Charles B. Johnson, the team’s largest shareholder, issued a statement saying he has asked the campaign of U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith to return a $5,400 donation that Johnson and his wife made.

Another leader who called for a boycott until Johnson has divested from the Giants said he was less moved.

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The Rev. Amos Brown, president of the San Francisco NAACP chapter, said at a Monday news conference he would rescind his boycott call if Johnson sought his donation back from Hyde-Smith, a Republican who ran in a runoff election Tuesday against Democrat Mike Espy.