LDF Challenges Mississippi School Law (Telegram)
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September 14, 1965

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Press Releases, Volume 3. LDF Challenges Mississippi School Law (Telegram), 1965. 78121341-b692-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/1b38eca2-dc1d-40f2-8787-80063e9b8b3e/ldf-challenges-mississippi-school-law-telegram. Accessed May 21, 2025.
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Asie DOMESTIC SERVICE heck the class of service desired, $ kj Check the class ofservicedesied, Bi], otherwise this message will be otherwie the message will be f sent asia fast telegeam \ sent at rhe full race P Legal Defense & Educational Send the following message, subject vo he terms on Bask hevcol who ereby agreed mee 3 ae I+ The NAACP Lezal Defense and Educational Fund today challenged a Mississippi law could keep some 7,000 children from attending public school. The law affects orphans as well as children whose parents have left Mississippi, which has the lowest per Capita income in the country, to seek employment elsewhere, The Legal Defense complaint alleges that most of the children affected by the law are Negroes, and that the law is enforced against children who exercise their "freedom of choice" and attempt to enroll in white schools, but not against children who remain in Negro schools, For further information contact Attorneys Henry Aronson or Marian Wright, Jackson, (601) 352-823, or James M, Nabrit, New York, (212) JU 68397, Edwin K, Wiley Public Information Assistant P Legal Defense & Educational Fund