Memorandum Verifying That We are Separate and Distinct from NAACP Legal Staff That Resigned
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October 29, 1968

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Press Releases, Volume 5. Memorandum Verifying That We are Separate and Distinct from NAACP Legal Staff That Resigned, 1968. 72f66a1c-b992-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/0ff11892-85a0-48e8-b6c9-0e2f611d438f/memorandum-verifying-that-we-are-separate-and-distinct-from-naacp-legal-staff-that-resigned. Accessed August 19, 2025.
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172 Stall NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. | egal efense hand — 10 Columbus Circle, New York, N.Y. 10019 * JUdson 6-8397 October 29, 1968 MEMORANDUM TO: WORKING PRESS FROM: Jesse DeVore, Director of Public Information We have received a number of inquiries concerning the resignation of the NAACP's legal staff. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is not in any way involved in this controversy. All our 25 staff attorneys are at work. The confusion undoubtedly has arisen b | | | ecause of the similarity of | LDF was founded by the NAACP in 1939 and our names. While represents many members of the Association, members of other civil rights groups, and those who belong to no organization, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is completely and totally separate. Under Thurgood Marshall, our Chief Counsel until 1961 when he went to the bench, and at present under Jack Greenberg, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) has had its independent Board of Directors, its own sources 0 | | | | £ funds and its own staff. -30- | | Contributions are deductible for U. S. income tax purposes ——-