27 Negro Police Officers Sue the City of Mobile, Ala. for Discrimination

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March 24, 1969

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Press Releases, Volume 6. 27 Negro Police Officers Sue the City of Mobile, Ala. for Discrimination, 1969. 9a48b35e-b992-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/2e02a8da-2fb7-4b62-b324-2a506bb1a7ae/27-negro-police-officers-sue-the-city-of-mobile-ala-for-discrimination. Accessed August 19, 2025.

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FOR RELEASE: Monday, March 24, 1969 

A group of 27 Negro police officers today sued the City of 

Mobile, Ala., and its Chief Of Police, James J. Robinson, in the 

U.S. District Court charging the Mobile Police Department with 

discrimination against Negro officers. 

The plaintiffs charge that they are assigned to work only 

in the Vice Control Division, the Juvenile section, the Patrol 

Division, and the Criminal Investigation Department but "excluded 

from all other divisions solely on account of their race or color." 

They also charge that the Department assigns them to squad car duty 

on a segregated basis. 

The Negro officers, through their NAACP Legal Defense and 

Educational Fund, Inc. attorneys, are seeking a declaratory 

judgment to halt above stated practices and asking that the 

Mobile Police Department be enjoined from carrying out such actions 

in the future and that the Mobile police take “affirmative action" 

to eradicate the effects of the above listed practices. For 

further information, contact LDF attorney Miss Frankie Fields in 

Mobile at 432-1691. 

Phoned to: 

AP - Mobile 

UPL NX 

N.Y. TIMES

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