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

Press Release
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

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