Elevator Operator Willis Insurance, Savings to NAACP Legal Defense Fund
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January 26, 1956

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Press Releases, Loose Pages. Elevator Operator Willis Insurance, Savings to NAACP Legal Defense Fund, 1956. 814c3051-bc92-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/2d2c48fc-5962-4289-8acf-e28bf5b7cdb2/elevator-operator-willis-insurance-savings-to-naacp-legal-defense-fund. Accessed July 13, 2025.
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ARNOLD DE MILLE 101 Park Avenue Suite 1835 New York, New York LExington 2, 3783 January 26, 1956 ELEVATOR OPERATOR WILLS INSURANCE, SAVINGS TO NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND NEW YORK.--Last Tuesday, Wallace McNab, 2, of 92 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, an unemployed elevator operator, walked into the Harlem office of Atty. Cora T. Walker, of the law firm of Doles, Sandifer and Walker, He told her he wanted to join the NAACP, will his life sav- ings and insurance policy to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., and make a $20.00 contribution to it. "I read an article in a newspaper where Mr. Thurgood Marshall said there is no point in us getting mad at the white citizens! councils for what they're doing to our folks in the South if we don't put up money to pay the bills for integration and full citizenship," McNab told Atty. Walker. He said he wants to do what he can to help the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in the big fight. He couldn't make a large contribution. He is receiving unemployment insurance, doesn't have a family and needs very little to live on. liaking the Legal Defense Fund beneficiary of his insurance and savings and contributing the {§:20.00 now is the best way he knew how to do his part at this time. McNab's bank balance was $1,200 and his insurance policy is for $500. Atty. Walker asked him if he was sure he wanted to will all of his assets to the Legal Defense Fund. "I thought it over carefully since I read the article," he replied. "That is what I wmt to do." When he asked Atty, Walker about a fee for drawing up the papers and taking care of all the details, she replied: "Mr. McNab, the highest fee you can possibly pay me is the honor of preparing these papers for you." 90 =