LDF to Challenge Georgia's "Employable Mother" Policy of Discontinuing Aid to Dependent Children in Federal Dist. Court
Press Release
April 6, 1967
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Press Releases, Volume 4. LDF to Challenge Georgia's "Employable Mother" Policy of Discontinuing Aid to Dependent Children in Federal Dist. Court, 1967. 71b312be-b792-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/659255d5-86e9-40ba-b503-ca320e0ebcdd/ldf-to-challenge-georgias-employable-mother-policy-of-discontinuing-aid-to-dependent-children-in-federal-dist-court. Accessed November 01, 2025.
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NAACP Legal Defense an Fund, Inc. (LDF attorneys
in Federal District Co’ Old Post Office Bui ilding,
Friday morning, April 11 challen
"employable mother" j id to Depe
Negro mothers where sui a seasonable work is available W
the work is appropriate in terms of LiL -or stami na or adequate
providing money necessary for the The LDF att
argue that the policy creates an arbi LALY » irrational classification of
mothers, unrelated to family need, and therefore violates the due process
and equal protection clauses of the 14th Amendment. LDF lawyers will also
contend that cdotatn kinds of seasonal employment considered suitable for
Negro women does not appear to be suitable en under this
current ee Eyaleee. policy, and it is b applied
in this respec LDF attorneys C.B. King and Charles Stephen Ralston may
be reached at the Dinkler Plaza Hotel in Atlanta.
Jesse DeVore
Director of Public Information
NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund
. 10 Columbus Circle
New York, N.Y. 10019
City Desk
ATLANTA CONSI
10 Forsyth St., i
Atlanta, Ga.