Correct Identification of LDF to Working Press
Press Release
October 14, 1965

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Press Releases, Volume 3. Correct Identification of LDF to Working Press, 1965. 62a90c53-b692-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/5c5f156e-cca9-434f-bac0-e890a235d50c/correct-identification-of-ldf-to-working-press. Accessed May 17, 2025.
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at ee MEMORANDUM is October 14, 1965 TO: WORKING PRESS FROM: Jesse DeVore, Director Public Information Subject: CORRECT IDENTIFICATION OF THE NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc,, was founded in 1939 by a group of distinguished members of the Board of the NAACP to carry on the legal program which it originated near the turn of the century. The legal program was separated from the Association's lobbying and propaganda work so that it could become a specialized organization to work closely with the Association. But as the civil rights revolution has spread, the Fund also has represented members and officers of newer organizations. Among them have been Martin Luther King, Jr., James Farmer, James Forman, Fred Shuttlesworth, Ralph Abernathy, and other officers and members of Scuc ##CORE, and SNCC, et Shes eee Sits PER: Jesse DeVore, Director of Public wy 5 Information nae ~ NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND