Statement by NAACP Fund Attorneys on the James Meredith Case
Press Release
January 8, 1963

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Press Releases, Loose Pages. Statement by NAACP Fund Attorneys on the James Meredith Case, 1963. 49c4fb54-bd92-ee11-be37-6045bddb811f. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/1768bbc2-1760-4cac-afd4-8d07f1166bf1/statement-by-naacp-fund-attorneys-on-the-james-meredith-case. Accessed July 30, 2025.
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PRESS RELEASE@® a NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND 1TOCOLUMBUS CIRCLE + NEW YORK19,N.Y. © JUdson 6-8397 DR. ALLAN KNIGHT CHALMERS JACK GREENBERG Prosident CONSTANCE BAKER MOTLEY Director-Counsel Associate Counsel -_—s STATEMENT BY NAACP FUND ATTORNEYS ON THE JAMES MEREDITH CASE January 8, 1963 NEW YORK -~ (The following is a joint statement issued January 7, 1963, by Mrs. Constance Baker Motley, attorney for James Meredith, and Jack Greenberg, Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.) "Though Mr. Meredith has announced he cannot continue his studies next semester at the University of Mississippi because of the unfavorable conditions and hostility there, this will not lessen our efforts to secure for other qualified Negro students the right to enter the University of Mississippi, or other southern state universities which are now segregated. "In South Carolina, Harvey Gantt's case to enter Clemson College is now pending. But in addition, students in Mississippi, Alabama and other young people in South Carolina have solicited our aid to enter various state institutions of higher learning, and we are now preparing pleadings which will be filed in their cases at an early date."