LDF Seeks to End Chicago School Segregation Through Courts
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January 13, 1965

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Press Releases, Volume 2. LDF to Argue for Halt of Fla. Prosecution of St. Augustine Sit-Inners (Telegram), 1965. 31dc8a90-b592-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/a0275fa0-1409-4afb-8f7b-4edea50b9661/ldf-to-argue-for-halt-of-fla-prosecution-of-st-augustine-sit-inners-telegram. Accessed June 01, 2025.
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GH ou ZINTERWATIONAL SERVICE \ ‘Cheek the class ofservitedesred: | | Stheewise the message senc at the full rate em CES TREES se Check the class ofservice desired, PAT . otherwise this méssage will be sent as a fast telegram Ny © 4 TELEGRAM “06 (ass) | FULL RATE E TELEGRAM a SHORE SHIP 2 DAY LETTER W. P. MARSHALL. enesioent by TINE FILED. : MIGHT LETTER Bis [[o.wos-cu. oF svc. Po. oncom, | __cASH NO. T GRANGE YO THE ACCOUNT OF T | | | NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & ED. FUND i 19 Colu ( , Send the following message, subject to the terms on back hereof, which are hereby agreed to ri January 11, 1965 (See Attached list) The future racial policy of St. Augustine, Fla. will be tested tomorrow, Tuesday morning when NAACP Legal Defense Fund attorneys appe before County Judge Charles C, Mathis in an effort to stop the prosecutions of sit-in demonstrators. Over 800 persons were arrested during 1964 racial strife. Attorneys argue that after U.S. Supreme Court rulings on the sit-ins and the Civil Rights Act these prosecutions © have no basis in law, If the city decides to continue the prosecutions, 4 renewed racial demonstrations are reported possible. 2 For further information call Atty Leroy D, Clark, LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, NYC, Code 212--JU 6-8397 or Tobias Simon, Miami, Code 305-- FR 7-4627. Jesse DeVore, Director Public information NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & ED, FUND 10 Columbus Circle