Appeal to Reverse Abernathy Charge, Challenge South Carolina Anti-Protest Laws (Telegram)
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December 4, 1969

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Press Releases, Volume 6. Appeal to Reverse Abernathy Charge, Challenge South Carolina Anti-Protest Laws (Telegram), 1969. 7bb7e3de-b992-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/3b1b11e4-cbc6-4088-b699-e0159838b37a/appeal-to-reverse-abernathy-charge-challenge-south-carolina-anti-protest-laws-telegram. Accessed July 13, 2025.
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=|; WESTERN UNION fa) | otherwise the 5 ] : : > sent at the [rene [cerien tetecraw | W.P.MaRsHALL 7 I \ ELEG R.W. McFALL, x) = countnneane OF Tie BoanD PRESIDENT igs © [7 CHARGE TO THE ACCOUNT OF T TiME FILED) NAACP Legal Defense Fund ae 2030 | 10 Columbiis Circle, N.y.c, Send the following message, subject to the terms on back here, which aie herdby agreed December 4, 1969 The bagueness of South Carolina's common law definition of "riot" after 8 P.M. is being challenged in U.s. Court of Appeals in Richmond, Friday, December 5, by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educationa Fund, Ine. * The case rises from the vecent campaign to improve job conditions and salaries of Negro workers at South Carolina Medical College and y Charleston County Hospital. Appellants, the Reverends Ralph D. Abernathy, — Hosea L. Wiliiams, Andrew J. Young and other officials of the Southern | Christian Leadership Conference, They seek through the LDF, to reverse a U.S. District Court ruling issued in Charleston on October 11, 1969, S which rejected, without hearing, their complaint seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. tLpr is asking the @ourt of Appeals to reverse the district court, reinstate SCLC's complaint, issue a declaratory judgment and written jurisdiction of their claims for injunctive release. For further information, contact LDF attorney Melvin Zarr at (212) peas" 586-8397. . ‘g Jesse DeVore € il Director of Public Information, f NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. ~ — WU1206(R2-65) easy MULTIPLE-ADDRESSED TELEGRAMS = “"™" | The dispatch of multiple-addressed telegrams will be expedited if the addresses are typewritten on F this form. Place one address in each perforated section. Only one copy of the text is required. + THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY ‘ South Carol Columbia, South Carol ormation f 333 5) ERSHIP CONF. South Carolina 25. Ga Mr. Tom McLean THE STATE Columbia, South Carolina Bureau Chief UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Hotel Richmond West Suite#RR2 412 Eighth & Broad Streets Richmond, Bureau Chief ASSOCIATED PRESS Richmond News Bldg. 333 Grace Street Richmond, Va. 23212