Field Foundation Gives $30,000 Grant to NAACP Legal Defense Fund
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May 10, 1956

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PRESS RELEASE® e 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. -30-