Telegrams re: Exclusion of Negro Dentists; Discriminatory Practices in Public Housing

Press Release
January 21, 1966

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  • Press Releases, Volume 3. Telegrams re: Exclusion of Negro Dentists; Discriminatory Practices in Public Housing, 1966. 690ae0a7-b692-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/4f972c2e-196b-4ed3-a5a1-499ee39ce7e4/telegrams-re-exclusion-of-negro-dentists-discriminatory-practices-in-public-housing. Accessed October 08, 2025.

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HON. JOHN GARDNER, SECRETARY 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 

U. S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR FOURTH CIRCUIT JUST HELD NORTH CAROLIN 
SOCISTY AND LOCAL CHARLOTTE SOCITIES CANNOT EXCLUDE NEGRO DENTISTS. 
RULING COVERS THE HUNDREDS OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SOCITIES THROUGHOUT 
SOUTH THAT EXCLUDE NEGROES. THIS MAKES CLEAR THAT DEPARTMENT OF» 
EDUCATION AND WELFARE MUST NOW REFUSE GRANTS TO LOCAL AND STATE SOC : 
AND THEIR PARENT NATIONAL BODIES THE AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION THE: 
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION THAT ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE CONST) ON 
AND TITLE SIX OF CIVIL RIGHTS ACT. UNDERSTAND AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION 
RECIPIENT OF SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THIS FISCAL YEAR. 

JACK GREENBERG 
DIRECTOR-COUNSEL 
NAACP ILZGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. 

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Mr, Robert Wood 
Associated Press January 21, 1966 
215 S. McDowell St. 
Raleigh, N. C. 

Mr, Richard W, Hatch 
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL 
213 S, McDowell St. 
Raleigh, N. C. 

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Protests against discriminatory roe” in public housing 
promises to be a new civil rights focus 

Present demonstrations. in New Bern revolve around public ‘ 
housing issue. Possible contact for further information on New Bern 
situation is R. M. Whitehead of that city. 

EDWIN K. WILEY, ASSISTANT 
PUBLIC INFCRMATION 
NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & ED. FUND, INC. 
10 Columbus Circle, NYC #

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