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    10 Columbus Circle 
New York, N.Y. 10019 
JUdson 6-8397 

NAACP 

Legal Defense and Educational Fund 
July 25, 1964 

INMEDIATEPRESS RELEASE 
RELEASE President 

Dr. Allan Knight Chalmers 

Director-Counsel 
Jack Greenberg 

Associate Counsel 

Constance Baker Motley 

LINKS NAME COORDINATOR 
OF LEGAL DEFENSE DRIVE 

NEW YORK, N. Y. - The appointment of Mrs. Eula Trigg of 

Washington, D. C. along with Mrs. Oneida Cockrell of Chicago, 

Illinois will serve as Coordinators of The Links' Fund for 

Legal Defense and Education was announced here today (July 22, 

1964) by Mrs. Vivian J. Beamon of the Links, Inc. 

The announcement came at a briefing seminar in the New York 

offices of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the 

legal arm of the entire civil rights movement, which is slated 

to receive $75,000 under the new program in the next three years, 

Mrs. Trigg brings to her new post a long record of 

distinguished service in education and civic affairs. She was 

educated in Washington, receiving her A. B. from Howard University 

and subsequently achieved a Master of Arts at New York University. 

Further study was undertaken at Catholic University. 

In her studies, Mrs. Trigg specialized in elementary 

education. She taught in all of the elementary grades in various 

District of Columbia public schools. Now retired, she devotes 

her time to numerous civic projects, 

Mrs. Trigg is currently a member of the Board of Directors 

of the Catholic Interracial Council. In addition, she works 

with the Laubach Literacy Council, to eliminate illiteracy in the 

D. C. area. 

Former posts include chairmanship of the Volunteers for the 

Foster Home Recruitment Program of the D.C. Welfare Department, to 

relieve the over-crowded conditions of Junior Village. 

Vrs. Cockrell, immediate past President of the Chicago 

Chapter, sent a check by her delegate for $500 to initiate the Plan. 

S2B0e 
Jesse DeVore, Jr., Director of Public Information—Night Number 212 Rlverside 9-8487 Sos 



Top Links Attend ‘Rights -3- July 22, 1964 
Seminar in New York’ City 

Mrs, Beamon, national president of the Links, also ad- 

dressed the luncheon and presented the structure of the Links, 

Inc. Fund for Legal Defense and Education. 

Other national Links in attendance included Dr. Anna J. 

Julian, vice president, Oak Park, I11.; Mrs. Josephine Smith, 

recording secretary, Los Angeles, Cal.; Mrs. Norvleate 

Downing, corresponding secretary, Newport News, Va.; Mrs. 

Ruth McCants, financial secretary, Inwood, Long Island, N.Y.;and 

Mrs. Minnie G. Gaston, treasurer, Birmingham, Ala. 

Also there were Attorney Elreta Alexander, legal advisor, 

Greensboro, N.C.; Mrs. Bernice J. Munce, d ecting services 

for youth, Trenton, N.J.; Dr. Helen Edmonds, directing national 

and international trends and services, Durham, N.C.; Mrs. 

Bessie Hill, eastezn area chairman, Orange, N.J.; Mrs. Pauline 

F, Weeden, past president, Lynchburg, Va.; and Mrs. Sava Scott, 

co-founder, Philadelphia, Pa. 

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