Greenberg Statement on Justice Department Intervention in Charlotte, N.C. School Integration
Press Release
February 26, 1970

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Press Releases, Volume 6. Greenberg Statement on Justice Department Intervention in Charlotte, N.C. School Integration, 1970. a33af3fd-b992-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/3825bf96-4ef9-45f7-891e-31ce3eef02c8/greenberg-statement-on-justice-department-intervention-in-charlotte-nc-school-integration. Accessed April 19, 2025.
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President Hon. Francis E. Rivers PRESS RELEASE Director-Counsel egal efense und Jack Greenberg Director, Public Relations NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. Jems DG 10 Columbus Circle, New York, N.Y. 10019 * JUdson 6-8397 NIGHT NUMBER 212-749-8487 February 26, 1970 Statement by Jack Greenberg, Director-—Counsel. NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. We have just learned that Jerris Leonard of the Department of Justice has called the U.S. District Judge in the Charlotte, N. C. school case to inform him that the Justice Department is intervening in that case on the side of the school board and against the Negro school children. It is a disgrace and an outrage that, after all these years of struggle, when Negro children are finally within sight of achieving their constitutional rights, the full combined weight of the federal government and the school board is thrown against them to keep them as close as possible to their former segregated status. SENT TO: AP - New York & Charlotte, N. C. UPL THE NEW YORK TIMES - New York CHARLOTTE OBSERVER WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON STAR > 25