25th Anniversary of Supreme Court's Outlawing Segregated Public Schools

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May 7, 1979

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Commemoration of 25th Anniversary of Brown to be Held 5/14-5/17/1979

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Press Releases, Volume 7. 25th Anniversary of Supreme Court's Outlawing Segregated Public Schools, 1979. 922dd4a0-bb92-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/179cc247-2246-4f3d-b969-f20045d87f46/25th-anniversary-of-supreme-courts-outlawing-segregated-public-schools. Accessed August 19, 2025.

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MAY 17

BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION

THE NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATIONAL FUND'S COMMEM-
ORATION OF THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE U.S. SUPREME
COURT DECISION ON THE DESEGREGATION OF SCHOOLS

25TH ANNIVERSARY OF SUPREME COURT'S
QUTLAWING SEGREGATED PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Monday, May 7, 1979

For release at will For further information:

on Harrington ei
Mark O. Hatfield Anne Dowling
Dorothy Height NAACP Legal Defense Fund
MW Can Homan New York, New York 10019

(212) 586-8397 Maynard Jact
Jacob Javits

Washington, D.C. 20036
(202) 331-8070

New York, N.Y. -- On May 14-17, the NAACP Legal

Defense Fund, popularly known as LDF, commemorates the
Dinner Committee
Mrs. Farrow Fi. Allen

25th anniversary of the U. S. Supreme Court decision in

Brown v. Board of Education, ruling racial segregation

in the nation's public schools unconstitutional. The

25th Anniversary Program held in conjunction with Howard

by OR University School of Law and Columbia University's Center

for the Study of Human Rights will concentrate public
NAACP Legal Defense

see meational Furd-ine- attention on specific areas of American life where racial

2 discrimination still continues and will examine the effect
Netional Officers
Chairman of the Board
Wiliam T. Coleman, Jt America's racial experience has had in other countries.

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Jack Greenberg Contributions are deductible Jor U.S. income tax purposes
Associate Counsel ‘The NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATIONAL FUND jis not part of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People although it
James M. Nabrit, itt was founded by it and shares its commitment to equal rights. LOF has had for over 20 years a separate Board, program, staff, office and budget. e

LDF is bringing together hundreds of the nation's foremost

attorneys, legal scholars, edcuators, and civil rights leaders

as well as black and white representatives of the governments of

Great Britain, South Africa, and representatives from the Sudan,

Tanzania and India for a four-day program being held in New York

and Washington, D. C., beginning May 14th.

A day-long meeting at the Columbia University Law School in

New York on May 14 will examine the status of human rights in

South Africa, India, and East and West African nations. Among the

speakers will be Bayard Rustin, Judge William S. Thompson of the

District of Columbia Superior Court, Director-Counsel Jack Green-

berg of the Legal Defense Fund, and Soli Sorabjee of the High

Court of India.

Three days of conferences at Howard University Law School in

Washington, D. C. on May 15, 16 and 17 will deal with education

and employment discrimination and with the special problems of

black women. Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., Dorothy Height, Andrew Brimmer,

and Dr. Kenneth Clark are among the dozens of noted speakers.

A highlight of the Washington sessions will be two special

events on Tuesday, May 15 honoring lawyers and plaintiffs who

participated in the Brown v. Board of Education cases that cul-

minated in the May 17, 1954 Supreme Court decision.

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