Contempt Ruling Against Wallace Sought by LDF
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September 24, 1966

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Press Releases, Volume 4. Contempt Ruling Against Wallace Sought by LDF, 1966. d7360139-b792-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/67ebb014-36c4-44a0-8b60-7d739af8f3da/contempt-ruling-against-wallace-sought-by-ldf. Accessed July 13, 2025.
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10 Columbus Circle New York, N.Y. 10019 JUdson 6-8397 NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund PRESS RELEASE President : . Hon. Francis E. Rivers Director-Counsel FCR RELEASE Jack Greenberg SATURDAY September 24, 1966 CONTEMPT RULING AGAINST WALLACE SCUGHT BY LDF MONTGOMERY, Ala,---A motion for contempt of court was filed against Alabama Governor George C. Wallace this week by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF). The U.S. District Court was asked to require Gov, Wallace "to exercise his control and supervision over the public schools of the state of Alabama in such a manner as to promote and encourage the elimination of racial discrimination..,." The same Court enjoined Gov, Wallace in July of 1964 from “obstructing by any means" school officials seeking to integrate gehgots LDF attorneys now assert that Gov. Wallace has made official statements threatening to use the State Police against local Alabama school boards which attempt to integrate faculty and students. The suit charces the Governor with playing an instrumental role in getting the Alabama Legislature to enact a bill (H.446) for the sole purpose of nullifying school desegregation. LDF attorneys point out that the new law is in direct opposition to "Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and regulations promulgate thereunder by the U.S. Department of Heaith, Education and Welfare, The Court was asked specifically to have the Governor: * cease enforcement of H.446 in the future and undo “acts performed pursuant to the statute." * "cease his interference with coe ohana attempts by local public school official * "should be required to accomplish and effectuate total desegregation of all public schools in the State of Alabama «+eincluding the withdrawal of state funds from school districts which have not taken...affirmative steps to effectively desegregate their schools. The suit was filed by local Attorney Fred D. Gray. Associated with Mr. Gray are LDF Director-Counsel Jack Greenberg, Melvyn Zarr, man Amaker, Charles Jones, Stephen Ralston, and Henry Aronson, all New York City. -30- Jesse DeVore, Jr., Director of Public Information—Night Number 212 Riverside 9-8487 9