LDF to File Suit to Void May 3 Demo. Primary in Green County, Alabama
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May 27, 1966

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Press Releases, Volume 3. LDF to File Suit to Void May 3 Demo. Primary in Green County, Alabama, 1966. fbda6ef6-b692-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/28fe9519-ebea-45b9-b964-3e345e9a453d/ldf-to-file-suit-to-void-may-3-demo-primary-in-green-county-alabama. Accessed April 29, 2025.
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y NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Inc. 2 10 Columbus Circle ty? New York, New York May 27, 1966 UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL C ERALD BUILDING - 4th AVENUE BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND ATTORNEYS WILL FILE SUIT IN FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT IN BIRMINGHAM TODAY SEEKING TO VOID THE MAY 3 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY IN GREENE COUNTY, ALABAMA. THE SUIT ALLEGES THAT VOTES WERE CAST ILLEGALLY BY NEARLY 300 WHITES, AND THAT ILLITERATE NEGROES WERE VICTIMIZED BY WHITE OFFICIALS AT THE POLLS. PLAINTIFFS ARE EIGHT GREENE COUNTY NEGROES INCLUDING FOUR WHO WERE CANDIDATES IN THE PRIMARY. DEFENDANTS ARE THE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND ITS CHAIRMAN AND THE COUNTY PROBATE JUDGE. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT ATTY. OSCAR ADAMS, BIRMINGHAM (205) 324-4445, OR ATTY. C. STEPHEN RALSTON, NEW YORK (212) JU 6-8397, EDWIN K. WILEY PUBLIC INFORMATION ASSISTANT (SAME TELEGRAM SENT TO: MR. JOHN W. BLOOMER MANAGING EDITOR BIRMINGHAM NEW: and MR. JAMES E. MILLS EDITOR POST -HERALD and MR. ROSS HAGEN, AP BIRMINGHAM