Motley to Speak on Pattern of Defiance of Civil Rights Act and Reveal LDF Plans for Fighting Same at Luncheon for Negro Women (Telegram)

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July 21, 1964

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Press Releases, Volume 1. Motley to Speak on Pattern of Defiance of Civil Rights Act and Reveal LDF Plans for Fighting Same at Luncheon for Negro Women (Telegram), 1964. 3bcf8710-b592-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/0d275ab6-770f-4602-bc46-b5924d2fac8f/motley-to-speak-on-pattern-of-defiance-of-civil-rights-act-and-reveal-ldf-plans-for-fighting-same-at-luncheon-for-negro-women-telegram. Accessed August 19, 2025.

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(See attached list) July 21, 1964 

CONSTANCE BAKER MOTLEY, ASSOCIATE COUNSEL, NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, WILL 
MAKE STATEMENT ON SHARP PATTERN OF DEFIANCE OF CIVIL RIGHTS ACT DISCERNED 
BY FUND ATTORNEYS IN SOUTHERN COMMUNITIES. SHE WILL ALSO DISCLOSE SOME OF 
FUND'S PLANS FOR COMBATTING TREND AT LUNCHEON MEETING WEDNESDAY, JULY 22nd, 
1 PM, NASSAU SUITE B OF NEW YORK HILTON AT ROCKEFELLER CENTER, INEZ 
SMITH, DEFENSE FUND ATTORNEY TEACHING CRIMINAL LAW AT NATIONAL SCHOOL OF 
LAW AND ADMINISTRATION, LBOPOLDVILLE, THE CONGO, CENTRAL AFRICA, WILL 
REPORT ON AFRICAN REACTIONS TO AMERICAN RACE DEVELOPMENTS AT 11230 AM AT 
FUND OFFICE. ALL ARE PART OF ALL DAY CIVIL RIGHTS SEMINAR BEING HELD FOR 
NEGRO WOMEN LEADERS DISCUSSED IN OUR MEMO OF JULY 20TH. HOPE YOU WILL 
COVER. 

JESSE DeVORE, DIRECTOR 
PUBLIC INFORMATION 
10 COLUMBUS CIRCLE, N.Y.C, 

JU 6-8397 
NIGHT NUMBER RI 9-8487

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