Memorandum on Legal Attack on Housing Discrimination
Press Release
March 25, 1966

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Press Releases, Volume 3. Memorandum on Legal Attack on Housing Discrimination, 1966. ea674dde-b692-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/2c8b6763-a062-4517-b947-e67a07209222/memorandum-on-legal-attack-on-housing-discrimination. Accessed April 29, 2025.
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10 Columbus Circle New York, N.Y. 10019 JUdson 6-8397 NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund PRESS RELEASE ion: Francis E. Rivers yaa Greenberg FOR RELEASE Friday, March 25, 196 MEMORANDUM TO: NORTH CAROLINA. WORKING PRESS FROM: Jesse DeVore, Jr., Director, Public Information RE: New Legal Attack on Housing Discrimination LAUNCH LEGAL ATTACK ON HOUSING DISCRIMINATION NEW BERN, N, C,---A hearing for a declaratory judgement and for an injunction against the Housing Authority of the city of New Bern will be held in the Federal District Court of the New Bern, North Carolina Division, Friday, March 25th at 10 A. M. Attorneys of the NAACP Legal Defense Fundwill argue that the Housing Authority is using leases, which are in violation of the U, S. Constitution; unfair negotiations with tenants; is evicting tenants without granting fair hearings; evicting tenants on grounds that they have illegitimate children; segregating on the basis of race, charging Negro tenants more; and failing to accept tenants on grounds that their children are under two years of age. These and other alleged violations will be stressed by the attorneys. This is the first case of its kind. For on the spot information, contact Attorney Julius Levonne Chambers, 405% East Trade Street, Charlotte, North Carolina, Area Code 704, 375-1764. Jesse DeVore, Jr., Director of Public Information—Night Number 212 Riverside 9-8487 Sa