Alaska Bar Will No Longer Call Its Annual Charity Event a 'Slave Auction' After NAACP Complaint

The Pioneer Bar in Sitka, Alaska, has held its last "slave auction."

For nearly three decades, the bar has commemorated the state's transfer from Russian control by hosting an event where locals can auction off two hours of their time for yard work or chores. The winning bids are donated to local charities.

But on Sunday morning, the Anchorage chapter of the NAACP demanded that organizers change the event's "inflammatory and insensitive" name, according to the Alaska Dispatch News. Initially, the event's organizer, bartender Rita Ledbetter, resisted the request.