Legal Defense Fund Lauds LBJ's Appeal for Negro Voting Rights

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Press Releases, Volume 2. Legal Defense Fund Lauds LBJ's Appeal for Negro Voting Rights, 1965. 8c4cf1c7-b592-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/7d61d8ea-977d-4038-8fdc-88d397a88065/legal-defense-fund-lauds-lbjs-appeal-for-negro-voting-rights. Accessed August 19, 2025.

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New York, N.Y. 10019 C2 

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NAACP 

Legal Defense and Educational Fund 
PRESS RELEASE 

ee Hiiba Knight Chalmers FOR RELEASE 

Director-Counsel ke Saturday 
Jack Greenberg March 20, 1965 

LEGAL DEFENSE FUND LAUDS LBJ'S 
APPEAL FOR NEGRO VOTING RIGHTS 

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MONTGOMERY--~President Johnson's address in behalf of Negro voting 

rights was termed a "manifesto of strength, sincerity and sharply 

defined purpose," by Jack Greenberg of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. 

Director-Counsel Greenberg, here representing the Rev. Martin 

Luther King and the Selma demonstrators, wired the President 

immediately following his address. 

Full text of Mr. Greenberg's wire follows: 

"For those of us involved, daily, in the task of seeking equal 

justice under law, it is heartening indeed, to have the President 

of the United States so mivingly thrust his mind, political passion 

and prestige to our aid. 

"Your statementto the world last night was a manifesto of 

strength, sincerity and sharply defined purpose. 

"The direction, in which you placed America in motion, can 

only result in the hastening of full equality. We fervently hope 

and pray for the time when Americans from all areas will heed your 

call. 

"Toward this realization, the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational 

Fund, Inc. will continue to work, with the firm conviction that it 

will be soon coming. 

"You have given decisive and affirmative leadership for which 

all the people of our Nation should be grateful." 

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Jesse DeVore, Jr., Director of Public Inf ion—Night Number 212 ide 9-8487 Ss

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