LDF Defends Peaceful Demonstrations in Greensboro

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August 3, 1965

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  • Press Releases, Volume 3. LDF Defends Peaceful Demonstrations in Greensboro, 1965. 32b4202f-b692-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/5160d4d5-263e-4139-815e-2b97faeb40cf/ldf-defends-peaceful-demonstrations-in-greensboro. Accessed October 09, 2025.

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p = NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund lawyers tomorrow will 

argue a motion to enjoin Alabama officials from interfering with 
peaceful protest demonstrations in Greensboro, Ala. 

nm, & Federal District Court Judge Daniel H. Thomas, who last’ January 

erted a Legal Defense Fund request for an injunction to prevent 

i erference with demonstrations in Selma and clear the way for the 

Selma to Montgomery march, will hear the arguments. F 

He will also be asked to order police to provide adequate 
protection for the marchers. 

& “(The Legal Defense Fund has instituted contempt proceedings 
charging that Dallas County Sheriff James G. Clark violated the 
injunction in Selma. The proceedings are presently pending.) 

“the motion for an injunction against the Alabama State Police, 

Green$boro Police and Hale County Sheriff's Department will be 
“heard by Judge Thomas at 9:30 AM Wednesday in Selma. 
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i For further information contact Atty. Norman C. Amaker, 
“who can be reached through the offices of Atty. Oscar Adams, 

2 Birmingham, (205) 324-4445, 

NOTE EDITORS: The NAACP fa eo Defense and Educational Fund 
and the NAACP have been two distinctly separate but cooperating 
organizations since 1939, Please refer to the Legal Defense Fund 

‘in.any coverage of this litigation. 
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Edwin K, Wiley 
Public Information Assistant 
NAACP Legal Defense and 

Educational Fund, Inc. 
Suite 2030 
10 Columbus Circle 
New York, N.Y. 10019 
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