LDF to Challenge Georgia's "Employable Mother" Policy of Discontinuing Aid to Dependent Children in Federal Dist. Court

Press Release
April 6, 1967

LDF to Challenge Georgia's "Employable Mother" Policy of Discontinuing Aid to Dependent Children in Federal Dist. Court preview

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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 May 12, 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.

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