LDF to Challenge Georgia's "Employable Mother" Policy of Discontinuing Aid to Dependent Children in Federal Dist. Court
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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 May 12, 2025.
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ise this n sent as a fast telegram TELEGRAM NIGHT-LETTER RO. was.-cu. OF sve] | TIME FILED | ' nse & Ed, Fund Es e, NYC_10019 10 Colu Sood the following manage, 2b: " 2 é er April 6, 1967 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.