Field Foundation Gives $30,000 Grant to NAACP Legal Defense Fund
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May 10, 1956
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NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND
107 WEST 43 STREET © NEW YORK 36, N. Y. © JUdson 6-8397
ARTHUR B. SPINGARN op THURGOOD MARSHALL
President Director and Counsel
ROY WILKINS ROBERT L. CARTER
Secretary Assistant Counsel
ALLAN KNIGHT CHALMERS ARNOLD de MILLE
Treasurer Press Relations
FIELD FOUNDATION GIVES $30,000
GRANT TO NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND May 10, 1956
NEW YORK.--The Field Foundation of New York has made a $30,000
grant to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., to help
further the organization's legal effort to secure justice and equal-
ity for all Americans without regard to race or color.
The grant covers a 2-month period beginning May 1, 1956, and is
given in two payments of $15,000 each.
The Field Foundation was established in 190 by Mr, Marshall
Field and seeks to improve intercultural and interracial relations.
Past grants made to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund have enabled the
organization to make great inroads against the barriers of discrimi-
nation in several areas of American life.
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. is headed by
Thurgood Marshall.
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