Jack & Jill Assist Legal Defense Fund
Press Release
February 20, 1965

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Press Releases, Volume 2. Jack & Jill Assist Legal Defense Fund, 1965. f43f1faf-b592-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/5c1245a2-b6d7-403a-8eb8-af5fd84dc77f/jack-jill-assist-legal-defense-fund. Accessed October 10, 2025.
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\ 10 Columbus Circle \ New York, N.Y. 10019 JUdson 6-8397 NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund PRESS RELEASE President De Allan Knight Chalmers Director-Counsel FOR RELEASE Jack Greenberg Saturday, Bonaseal February 20, 1965 stance Baker Motley JACK & JILL ASSIST LEGAL DEFENSE FUND ST. ALBANS, N.Y.---The Jack & Jill of America, Queens Chapter, gave nearly $2,000 this week, to "guarantee and protect the civil rights and liberties of all Americans," through its national vice-presi- dent, Mrs. Jacqueline J. Robinson. The contribution was made to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., the organization that serves as the legal arm for the civil rights movement. The Legal Defense Fund represents the NAACP, CORE, SNCC, and many persons in civil rights court actions. Currently, Legal Defense Fund attorneys are providing legal support for Dr. Martin Luther King's voter registration drive in Selma, Alabama. The Queens' Jack & Jill contribution represents the entire proceeds from their 4th Annual Luncheon and Bridge Party held at New York's Top of the Fair. When making the contribution, Mrs. Beryle Thorne of the Queens Chapter said, "Such affairs have enabled us to make contributions, in the past, to the Diocese of Long Island Youth Consultation Service and the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis." Nationally, Jack & Jill chapters have committed themselves to aid the NAACP Legad Defense Fund. —o0= ue Jesse DeVore, Jr., Director of Public Inf i Night Number 212 RI ide 9-8487