Greenberg Statement on Supreme Court Denial of Stay of Desegregation in Charlotte, N.C.

Press Release
August 26, 1970

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  • Press Releases, Volume 6. Greenberg Statement on Supreme Court Denial of Stay of Desegregation in Charlotte, N.C., 1970. d9eaa23a-ba92-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/3fd5dfdb-801c-4697-87d7-faff07bc7e61/greenberg-statement-on-supreme-court-denial-of-stay-of-desegregation-in-charlotte-nc. Accessed October 09, 2025.

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August 26, 1970 

NEW YORK, N.Y.--Jack Greenberg, Director-Counsel of the 

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NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., upon learning 

of the Supreme Court's decision to deny a stay of desegrega- 

tion in the Charlotte school case, issued the following 

statement: 

"The Legal Defense Fund is pleased that the black 

children of Charlotte will be able to attend a completely 

desegregated school system this year. We call upon the 

school authorties and the citizens of Charlotte to obey the 

law as declared by our highest courts and carry out the plan 

in good faith. We believe that the desegregation plan will 

ultimately prove beneficial to all the children of the City 

if implemented in a spirit of cooperation and obedience to the 

lawg. We also call upon the United States Department of Justice 

to carefully monitor the situation and take any necessary 

action in the event that the law is not obeyed. 

AP = Charlotte, N.C. 

UPI - Charlotte, N.C. 

NEWHOUSE NAT'L NEWS SERV. - Wash., D.C. 

WASH. POST - Wash., D.C. 

WASH. STAR -— Wash., D.C. 

UPI - Wash., D.C. 

N.Y. TIMES - Wash., D.C. 
WALL ST. JOURNAL — Wash., D.C. 

CHARLOTTE OBSERVER - Charlotte, N.C.

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