Alabama Trailer Park Lifts Rental Ban Against Negroes
Press Release
February 19, 1969

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Press Releases, Volume 6. Alabama Trailer Park Lifts Rental Ban Against Negroes, 1969. 43c9b94c-b992-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/5bda1d85-dbd4-4721-8fce-a66e2c53203d/alabama-trailer-park-lifts-rental-ban-against-negroes. Accessed June 01, 2025.
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President Hon. Francis E. Rivers PRESS RELEASE Director Counsel d Jack Greenberg egal efense un Director, Public Relations NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. Jesse DeVore, Jr. 3 10 Columbus Circle, New York, N.Y. 10019 * JUdson 6-8397 NIGHT NUMBER 212-749-848" FOR PRESS RELEASE February 19, 1969 ALABAMA TRAILER PARK LIFTS RENTAL BAN AGAINST NEGROES MOBILE, ALABAMA~-Managers of a trailer park here, charged with violating federal open housing laws, have agreed to open their facilities to Negroes. In response to a suit filed by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) the managers of Village House Mobile Home Court said it would stop its practice of denying Negroes rental space for trailer homes. LDF attorneys sued the enterprise on behalf of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Dillon who, after seeking space for their trailer in the park, were told that Negroes were not accommodated. =30% NOTE: Though the LDF was once a part of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) it now is a separate organization, even though the initials are retained in its title. 25