LDF to Argue for Right of Miss. Negroes to Seek Fed. Ct. Injunctions to Stop State of Ct. Prosecution of Action Made Legal by Civil Rights Act

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January 11, 1965

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Press Releases, Volume 2. LDF to Argue for Right of Miss. Negroes to Seek Fed. Ct. Injunctions to Stop State of Ct. Prosecution of Action Made Legal by Civil Rights Act, 1965. bacd8d8a-b592-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/2f99f8df-0b4d-4662-93e8-b6c557dbe0dd/ldf-to-argue-for-right-of-miss-negroes-to-seek-fed-ct-injunctions-to-stop-state-of-ct-prosecution-of-action-made-legal-by-civil-rights-act. Accessed October 29, 2025.

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Send the following message, subject to the terms on back hereof, which are hereby agreed to 

(See attached list) January 11, 1965 

The right of Mississippi Negroes to seek federal court injunctions 
stopping state prosecutions of conduct made legal by the Civil Rights 
Act will be argued tomorrow, Tuesday morning January 12th before the 
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in Houston, Texas by attorneys 
of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Federal Judge Claude Clayton of 
Mississippi ruled October 5, 1964 that the Federal Court cannot grant 
such injunctions. Legal Defense Fund argues that Title II of the Civil 
Rights Act authorizes such injunctions . At stake is enforcement of the 
Act in Mississippi. For further information call Atty Melvyn Zarr, 
Rice Hotel, Houston, Code 713--CA 7-2111. 

Jesse DeVore, Director i 
Public Information 
NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & ED. FUND 
10 Columbus Circle 
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LDF to Argue for Right of Miss. Negroes to Seek Fed. Ct. Injunctions to Stop State of Ct. Prosecution of Action Made Legal by Civil Rights Act

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