Geier v. Blanton Brief for Plaintiff-Intervenors, Appellees Richardson

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January 11, 1978

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  • Press Releases, Volume 1. Greenberg Statement on GA Ct. of Appeals Ruling Against Systematic Exclusion of Negroes from Southern Juries, 1964. 7c337c04-b592-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/677e6668-2784-4401-b2a9-9bb814923323/greenberg-statement-on-ga-ct-of-appeals-ruling-against-systematic-exclusion-of-negroes-from-southern-juries. Accessed August 19, 2025.

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POR 386 LD IATE RELEASE July 8, 1964 

PROM: JESSE DeVORE, DEABCTOR OF PUBLIC INFORMATION 

AELAN KNIGHT CHALMERS 
: President 

Jack Greenberg, director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund 
Roday issued the following statement on the sueeping Georgia Court 

peecste ruling against systematic exclugion of Negroes from southern 
juries. 

The Court made its ruling as it revgS@ed the scons | conviction 
Of Ralph Allen, a white civil sights worker, represented by Legal 
Defense Fund attorneys. 

Director-Counsel G berg’s stat t follows: 

, “if other courts adopt the reasoning of vooteutee ste 
‘te civil rights Mates elit have greater protection bowen 

i tery arrests and judicial proceedings. 

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Fund cases involving white rights Sacre aaa 
or appealed--will also be favorably affected. 

*Furthermora, wuld southern white mon bohelf o raise 
amd of mee, ere 8 jury selection on behalf oe anette white 

» the entire pueentee of excluding rom this 
@epect Me citizenship may soon come to an end,” br, eg hE seid. 

» The Georgia ruling grew out of the arrests y Be five civil rights 
Mathers i in jon ons dest summer, | The youths had been held tue i 
“menths in prison Ny bail + and three | of thes feced possible 

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