Annotated Announcement of 20th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education Celebration at LDF Institute

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May 1, 1974

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Press Releases, Volume 6. Annotated Announcement of 20th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education Celebration at LDF Institute, 1974. eb5a8fe9-ba92-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/01d5b287-9c28-4652-a106-b6061032bfbd/annotated-announcement-of-20th-anniversary-of-brown-v-board-of-education-celebration-at-ldf-institute. Accessed November 23, 2025.

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WASHEHGTON, D.C., May XX -- More than 49@ civil rights advocates 

will celebrate the 2% 20th Anniversary of the United States Supreme 

Court decision, Brown v.Board of Edua&stonn of Topeka, at the NAACP 

Legal Defense and Educational Fund's 9th Annual Luncheon on Tuesday, 

May 21 at the Sheraton Park Hotel. The Fund Was the origanization that 

fought and won the Brown decision. ‘ 

Edward W.Brooke, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, will be the 

p< Reynote speaker at the luncheon commemorating the Court's ruling, which 

outlawed racial segregation in public schools and signaled the move to 

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Charles T.Duncan, thexmm=x dean of Howard University's Law School and 

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