Her name was among a number of people listed on a news release from the coalition calling for the boycott. Ferguson Committeewoman Patricia Bynes was another, but she said she was not part of the effort. “I have not had any time to say yes or no,” she said.

St. Louis County NAACP President Esther Haywood, whose organization was also listed, said the chapter was not involved.

“I disagree with it completely,” Haywood said. “No way would I support a boycott. It has absolutely nothing to do with anything going on in Ferguson.”

The St. Louis chapter of the NAACP was also listed, but Adolphus Pruitt, president of the chapter, said his group has not asked for authorization from the national organization to participate in the boycott.

“We support some actions they’re doing, some actions we don’t,” he said of the coalition. “There’s a lot of different folks taking a lot of different avenues. ... The goals and objectives are the same. The methodology to get there may differ from time to time.”