LDF Defends Peaceful Demonstrations in Greensboro
Press Release
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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7_ DOMESTIC SERVICE \ INTERN? SERVICE \ Gek hecawseeveciann|. TS ‘Otherwise chis message will be \ Check the class of service desired; sent asa fast telegram S otherwise the message will be sent at the full TELEGRAM ¢ full rate <a E ELE 2 88) IGT LETTER - f W. P. MARSHALL. presivent SHORESHIP NO. WOS-GL OF sve] Po. GR COLL | GASH NO. T CHARGE TO THE ACCOUNT OF if | uaace Legal Defense & Ed. Fund] 10 Columbys Circle, Suite 2030, NYC Send the following message, subject to the terms on back hereof, which are hereby agreed co (See list attached) August 3, 1965 TIME FILED 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. Sx * 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. me! Edwin K, Wiley Public Information Assistant NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. Suite 2030 10 Columbus Circle New York, N.Y. 10019 JUdson 6=8397