Jack & Jill Assist Legal Defense Fund

Press Release
February 20, 1965

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\ 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= 

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Jesse DeVore, Jr., Director of Public Inf i Night Number 212 RI ide 9-8487

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