LDF Files Federal Discrimination Suit Against Departments of Defense and Labor

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April 8, 1969

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Press Releases, Volume 6. LDF Files Federal Discrimination Suit Against Departments of Defense and Labor, 1969. 52f9aa6a-b992-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/5c331688-5c49-41d8-9e3a-0fe28a241437/ldf-files-federal-discrimination-suit-against-departments-of-defense-and-labor. Accessed January 07, 2026.

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    NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. 

egal ‘efense fund. = 10 Columbus Circle, New York, N.Y. 10019 * 586-8397 

FOR RELEASE: April 8, 1969, 10:30 a.m. 

WASHINGTON, D.C.---The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, 

Inc. (LDF) today filed suit in federal district court here charging 

the Departments of Defense and Labor with "knowingly permitting 

and condoning racial discrimination in employment by government 

contractors." 

Qur suit names three major textile manufacturers: Dan 

River Mills, Inc.; J.P.Stevens and Company, Inc., and Burlington 

Industries. 

All told, these three companies have been awarded $75,000,000.00 

(seventy-five million dollars) during the past year---which more 

than covers the period during which their employment policies 

were in dispute. 

Named as defendants in the LDF action are George P. Shultz, 

secretary of Labor; Melvin R. Laird, secretary of Defense; David 

Packard, deputy secretary of Defense; and Ward McCreedy, acting 

director, Office of Federal Contract Compliance. 

The LDF is representing 20 Negroes from four southern states 

"and on behalf of all black employees at Dan River, Burlington 

and Stevens." 

-30- 

Phoned to: Washington press 
AP, UPI - N.Y., Alabama, S$.C., N.C. Virginia 

Contributions are deductible for U. S. income tax purposes

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