Greenberg Statement on Supreme Court Denial of Stay of Desegregation in Charlotte, N.C.
Press Release
August 26, 1970
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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.
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