Jack & Jill Assist Legal Defense Fund
Press Release
February 20, 1965
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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.
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Jesse DeVore, Jr., Director of Public Inf i Night Number 212 RI ide 9-8487