nigger.com domain expiration and NameJet auction

CTL-E-3658 · Event · other · contemporary

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Expiration of the NAACP-held domains nigger.com/.org/.net and the NameJet 'Wish List Auction' (72 bids, $10,000 high offer) before the NAACP restored them.

Notes

RELP82 new entity (2026-10-06). Name-collision check clean.

Relationships

Domain Expiration — related to
The nigger.com expiration and NameJet auction is the documented case of the domain-expiration threat.

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Domain Expiration — related to → this record

Sources

Domain Incite - Nigger.com returned to NAACP after expiration prompts $10,000 auction

Record CTL-E-3658 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 1 source · 2 mapped relationships · CTL research: RELP-001.
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Shoeshine, 47th Street, Chicago's main Negro business street, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Rosskam, Edwin, 1903-1985, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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