LDF Challenging Racial Advertising for Homes in 14 Southern Newspapers (Telegram)

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April 26, 1968

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Press Releases, Volume 5. LDF Challenging Racial Advertising for Homes in 14 Southern Newspapers (Telegram), 1968. 73721b9c-b892-ee11-be37-6045bddb811f. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/28a76e4d-5075-4659-9ad3-82bdeb3e1690/ldf-challenging-racial-advertising-for-homes-in-14-southern-newspapers-telegram. Accessed November 23, 2025.

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April 26, 1968 

THE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND WILL ANNOUNCE PLANS TO ENFORCE THE FAIR HOUSING 
ACT OF 1968 BY CHALLENGING RACIAL ADVERTISING IN 14 OF THE SOUTH'S 
LEADING NEWSPAPERS. PLANS FOR THE NEW CAMPAIGN WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT A 
PRESS CONFERENCE MONDAY, APRIL 29, AT 11:00 A.M. AT THE LDF HEADQUARTERS, 
3838 10 COLUMBUS CIRCLE, ROOM 2030. IN A TELEGRAM TO THE EDITORS OF THESE 
PAPERS, JACK GREENBERG, DIRECTOR-COUNSEL OF THE NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND 
EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. (LDF), CALLED ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT THESE 
NEWSPAPERS HAVE CONTINUED TO PUBLISH RACIALLY DISCRIMINATORY ADVERTISING 
FOR HOMES. THE TELEGRAM WAS SENT TO THE FOLLOWING PAPERS: 

(See attached) 

MR. GREENBERG WILL USE THE OCCASION OF AN EMERGENCY MEETING OF LAWYERS 
TO OUTLINE UPCOMING LITIGATION AND STRATEGY TO ENFORCE THE NEW LEGISLATION. 

J. DeVore 
LDF 

WU1206 (2-65)

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