Marian Wright in Grenada, Mississippi (Telegram)

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Press Releases, Volume 4. Marian Wright in Grenada, Mississippi (Telegram), 1966. b6eff54a-b792-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/5f51334b-01dd-4c6b-9ed8-e81d9b53be71/marian-wright-in-grenada-mississippi-telegram. Accessed November 21, 2025.

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October 26, 1966

GREENVILLE--LEGAL DEFENSE FUND ATTORNEY MARIAN WRIGHT WILL APPEAR BEFORE

FEDERAL COURT JUDGE CLAUDE F, CLAYTON AT 11:00 A.M. ON THURSDAY, OCT. 27,

TO SEEK AN ORDER RESTRAINING THE CITY OF GRENADA, MISS, AND THE MISS.

STATE POLICE FROM ARRESTING AND INTIMLDATING NEGRO DEMONSTRATORS. ATTORNEY

WRIGHT WILL APPEAR ON BEHALF OF 280 NEGRO CHILDREN AND PARENTS WHO HAVE

BEEN ARRESTED IN GRENADA, MISS., FOR PROTESTING THE HARASSMENT BY SCHOOL

OFFICIALS OF NEGRO CHILDREN ATTENDING THE NEWLY DESEGREGATED SCHOOLS IN

GRENADA, THE CHILDREN, AGE 12 AND OVER, HAVE BEEN SCATTERED TO PRISONS

THROUGHOUT NORTHERN MISS, AND HAVE NOT BEEN PERMITTED TO SEE THEIR

ATTORNEYS. FIVE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE STAFF MEMBERS

ARRESTED WITH THE CHILDREN WERE SEVERELY BEATEN BY MEMBERS OF THE MISS.

HIGHWAY PATROL WHILE IN JAIL, BAIL FOR THE CHILDREN AND PARENTS HAS

BEEN SET AT A LEVEL WHICH THEY CANNOT MEET.

TIRU IRANI
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF
PUBLIC INFORMATION
NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & ED, FUND,INC.
10 COLUMBUS CIRCLE
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10019

Mr. James K, Cazalas
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
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Mr. Al Keuttner
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
United Press Bldg.
1211 Williams Street, N.W.
Atlanta 9, Ga.

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