Lawsuits Against the Mead Paper Corporation, Atlanta, GA; Philip Morris Tobacco Company, Richmond, VA; Newport News Ship-Building and Dry Dock Company, Newport, VA

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November 19, 1965

Lawsuits Against the Mead Paper Corporation, Atlanta, GA; Philip Morris Tobacco Company, Richmond, VA; Newport News Ship-Building and Dry Dock Company, Newport, VA preview

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  • Press Releases, Volume 3. Lawsuits Against the Mead Paper Corporation, Atlanta, GA; Philip Morris Tobacco Company, Richmond, VA; Newport News Ship-Building and Dry Dock Company, Newport, VA, 1965. de0f4c77-b692-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/68945253-b7e0-4670-8713-976a219a25a9/lawsuits-against-the-mead-paper-corporation-atlanta-ga-philip-morris-tobacco-company-richmond-va-newport-news-ship-building-and-dry-dock-company-newport-va. Accessed July 01, 2025.

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Legal Defense and Educational Fund 
PRESS RELEASE 

President 
Dr. Allan Knight Chalmers 

Director-Counsel 

Jack Greenberg 
November 19, 1965 

MEMORANDUM 

10% SELECTED JOURNALISTS 

FROM: Jesse DeVore, Director Public Information 

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News Virginia. 

NAACP Leg Defense Fund attorneys filed three suits under 

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act today, Friday, November 19. 

These represent the second, third and fourth suits to be filed 

under Title VII. 

The first was against A & P on October 14th. 

You will note that this new campaign of litigation is 

being pointed toward major national concerns, who employ large 

numbers of workers and who set the patterns in their industries. 

We enclose copies of the complaints in the three above 

named suits. Additional information can be secured from our office 

in New York City or the local attorneys listed at the end of 

each complaint. 

EDITOR'S NOTE: The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund is not 
synonymous with the NAACP, 

Our correct identification is the NAACP Legal 
Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. However, since 
this is admittedly long, many people refer to us as 
the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Once this is 
established, in a story, others refer to us as the 
Legal Def 

Jesse DeVore, Jr., Director of Public Information—Night Number 212 RIverside 9-8487 PH H

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