NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. v. Harrison Petition for Appeal
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February 5, 1960

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Press Releases, Loose Pages. Legal Defense Fund to Defend Alabama Marchers, 1963. 76aa673c-bd92-ee11-be37-6045bddb811f. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/6bb326f6-4b31-4eeb-b170-1ef6fc426ef0/legal-defense-fund-to-defend-alabama-marchers. Accessed August 19, 2025.
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PRESS RELEASE® @ NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND TOCOLUMBUS CIRCLE © NEW YORK19,N.Y. © JUdson 6-8397 DR. ALLAN KNIGHT CHALMERS President BACK GREE BER CONSTANCE BAKER MOTLEY o> LEGAL DEFENSE FUND TO DEFEND ALABAMA NARCHERS April 30, 1963 NEW YORK -- Mrs. Constance Baker Motley, Associate Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, announced today that the Fund has been requested by members of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee who will resume William Moore's march through Alabama to defend them if they are prevented from completing the march because of arrest or other forms of interference. The march is expected to begin tomorrow from Chattanooga, Tenn. The Fund has agreed to take whatever legal action may be required to protect the constitutional rights of the marchers. HHH