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September 22, 1968

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Press Releases, Volume 5. Press Conference on Exclusion of Negro Athletes from Television and Radio Commercials and a Resulting Complaint to the Federal Communications Commission, 1967. a72da102-b892-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/3519943b-9422-432c-88fb-c846d3b5f508/press-conference-on-exclusion-of-negro-athletes-from-television-and-radio-commercials-and-a-resulting-complaint-to-the-federal-communications-commission. Accessed August 19, 2025.
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NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC egal ‘efense fund 10 Columbus Circle, New York, N.Y. 10019 * JUdson 6-8397 TO: RADIO - TV NEWS DESK FROM: TIRU IRANI, Associate Director of Public Information RE: PRESS CONFERENCE ON EXCLUSION OF NEGRO ATHLETES FROM TELEVISION COMMERCIALS AND A RESULTING COMPLAINT TO THE FEDERAL COMMUNICA- TIONS COMMISSION Place: Overseas Press Club Time: 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 23, 1967 Results of a survey "On the Frequency of Appearance of Negroes on Tele- vised Commercials! shown during sporting events, will be released here Wednesday morning, August 23, at 11:00 a.m. at the Overseas Press Club, 54 leet ao Street by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc, (LDF). It is the first survey of this specific focus. Announcement of a request for an "investigation by the Federal Com- munications Commission of the possibility of racial bias in the produc~- tion and broadcast of television commercials" will also be made. Spokesmen at the press conference will be Bill white of the Philadelphie Phillies; Claude "Buddy" Young, former star of the football Yankees, now an executive with the National Football League; Dr. Lawrence Plotkir of the Social Dynamics Research Institute, City University of New York; Gustav Heningburg, assistant to the president of the Legal Defense Fund, 25 Contributions are deductible for U. S. income tax purposes