Prince Hall Masonic Shriners Present $3,000 Check to Defense Fund
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January 23, 1963

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PRESS RELEASE @ & NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND TOCOLUMBUS CIRCLE + NEWYORK19,N.Y. © JUdson 6-8397 DR. ALLAN KNIGHT CHALMERS JACK GREENBERG CONSTANCE BAKER MOTLEY President Director-Counsol Associate Counsel =Ss PRINCE HALL MASONIC SHRINERS PRESENT $3,000 CHECK TO DEFENSE FUND January 23, 1963 NEW YORK -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund received this week a $3,000 donation from the Prince Hall Masonic Shriners. The check, presented to Director-Counsel Jack Greenberg and Associate Counsel Constance Baker Motley in the Fund offices in New York, represented the annual Shriner contribution to the NAACP Legal Research Department. Charles A, Dargan, National Director of the Prince Hall legal fund drive, in presenting the check, said "we are fully cognizant of, and vigorously applaud the tremendous battle being waged in the area of first-class citizenship for all. We pledge ourselves to even greater support of the leaders of this fine organization, of which we are part and parcel." At the presentation were Leon Berry, Deputy Imperial Potentate, New York State; W. C, Kilpatrick, Advisor, Imperial Council; Elmer A, Carter, Public Relations, Prince Hall Lodge, New York; Baxter F. Jackson and Rev. David Licorish, Medina Temple; Rufus Allen, Alfred Fields and Robert Taylor, Abu Bekr Temple, Brooklyn; and Kenneth Rhone, musical director. Mr. Greenberg cited the Prince Hall Shriners for their continued annual support of the Legal Defense Fund and its activities. HHH