Federal Court Allows Civil Rights Demonstrations at World's Fair
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July 1, 1964

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Press Releases, Volume 1. Federal Court Allows Civil Rights Demonstrations at World's Fair, 1964. 778c62fe-b492-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/067ac7db-d6f3-43d3-b370-d52905a91b7f/federal-court-allows-civil-rights-demonstrations-at-worlds-fair. Accessed April 29, 2025.
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‘‘ N. A. A.C. P. Lagat DErFense AND EDUCATIONAL Funn, INE. “cep i a 10 Columbus Circle, New York 19, N. Y. i> ae | ba eee . # 4 rex JUDSON 6-8397 ¥ ef et 4 ALLAN KNIGHT CHALMERS JACK GREENBERG CONSTANCE: s==] FOR; IMi@biaTE RELEASE Direcior-Conniel July 1, 196d rs ome FEDERAL COURT ALLOWS CIVIL RIGHTS as e DEMONSTRATIONS AT WORLD'S FAIR a | The NAACP Legal Defense Fund today hailed a ruling by Federal District . Court Judge Harold A. Tyler which declares the World's Fair is so “impreg- nated with and supported by state and city action as to place them within the ambit of the fourteenth amendment," This: means that civil rights groups have been upheld in their desire to © ass handbills protesting racial injustices of certain states, Judge 2 yler her held that the Fair's regulation prohibiting picketing is 4 vague arbitrary and an unconstitutional burden on the enjoyment of free speech. He suggested that the regulation be \rewritten so as to allow reasonable picketing demonstrations. Ph] 3 Jack Greenberg, the Fund's director-tounsel stated that “we are Bebe t e % that the Court upheld our contention that state action so permeates ' Fair's operation that it must now obey the free speech requirements of fourteenth amendment. "This means that the civil rights organizations with whom we brought ey thig suit may peacefully protest the raclal discriminatory practices _ 6D southezn states which have pavilions at the Fair." - Attorneys joining Mr, Greenberg in this action were Carl Rachlin, gen- eral Unsel of the Congress of Racial Sar Howard Squadron, New York ¢ Ne and Constance Baker Motley and Michael Meltsner of the Fund's New York City headquarters, - 2s 4 4 EDITOR'S NOTE: Enclosed background sheet ‘lists plaintiffs and other. pertinent factors of case, Contributions are deductible for U. S. Income Tax Purposes =e