Fourth Annual Convocation of LDF (Telegram)

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Press Releases, Volume 4. Fourth Annual Convocation of LDF (Telegram), 1967. ba4e54ca-b792-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/304485ec-0b78-48da-8c68-c27adfe8ebbf/fourth-annual-convocation-of-ldf-telegram. Accessed October 10, 2025.

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sent as a fase telegram : WESTERN UNION 
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W. P. MARSHALL. presioenr 
NO. WOS.-CL. OF SVC. | PD. OR COLL CHARGE TO THE ACCOUNT OF 

INAACP Legal Defense & Ed,Fund 10 Columbus Circle, N.Y C.10019 hereby agreed to 
Send the following message, subject co the terms on back hereof, which are 

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May 8, 1967 

WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU OR A DESIGNATED MEMBER OF YOUR STAFF TO JOIN US IN NEW YORK CITY MAY 18 FOR THE FOURTH ANNUAL CONVOCATION OF THE NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC, THIS NATIONAL MEETING MARKS THE 13TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HISTORIC SUPREME COURT SCHOOL INTEGRATION DECISION AND THE 28TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, WE WILL HAVE AS OUR SPECIAL GUESTS 18 NEWLY ELECTED NEGRO LEGISLATORS FROM * THE DEEP SOUTH, ATTORNEY GENERAL RAMSEY CLARK, . SAUL ALINSKY, DR. KENNETH B. CLARK, AND BAYARD RUSTIN, 
AS THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LEGAL ‘DEFENSE FUND TO THE ENTIRE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT INCREASE, WE ARE KEENLY AWARE OF THE VITAL ROLE PLAYED BY THE NEGRO PRESS. HENCE WE ,ARE INVITING REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE KEY PUBLICATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, TRAVEL AND HOTEL EXPENSES WILL BE PAID BY THE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND. WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU WITH US FROM 10 A M TIL 5 P.M. PLEASE ADVISE US OF ETHER OR NOT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEN! BY CALLING 212-Ju 6-8397 COLLECT AND SPEAKING TO ME OR TO MY ASSISTANT . MISS BARBARA GROSS, Ed 

Jesse DeVore 
Director of Public Information 
NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCAT TONAL FUND 10 Columbus Circle, New York, N.Y.10019

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