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 November 01, 2025.
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y NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Inc.
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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