Amaker Statement on Mrs. Boynton's Visit to NYC

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Press Releases, Volume 2. Amaker Statement on Mrs. Boynton's Visit to NYC, 1965. a2cb9bf2-b592-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/690054d9-fae0-488d-9ef3-10627d977f57/amaker-statement-on-mrs-boyntons-visit-to-nyc. Accessed October 09, 2025.

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STATEMENT OF NORMAN C._AMAKER 
Assistant Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and 
Educational Fund,,Inc..* 
New York City 
May 14, 1965 
9:30 AM 

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On occasion of Mrs. Rgunzen’ s visit to New York City, cue 

which she will be featured vat the meeting on "NEW FRONTIERS OF THE 

LAW: After Selma---the Next Five Years" this Monday May 17th, we 

are reporting on the legal picture in Selma today. 5 

The Legal Defense Fund is still defending 1,500 of the Faso 

arrests there since January 1, 1965 (we have secured dismissal 

of the others). However, we are still litigating the 10 federal 

court cases filed there since January---suits for injunction ay 

removal and habeas corpus. \ 

The two most important cases were William v. Wallace, thel 

case that won the injunction granting the right to march from 

Selma to Montgomery and the contempt citation against Sheriff 

James Clark, Selma still requires the services of four staff 

attorneys, although the Legal Defense Fund had nine lawyers 

‘there assisting Dr. King's Southern Christian Leadership 

Conference at the time of the crisis. 

Our Birmingham experience teaches us that the Legal Defense 

Fund will still be following up on Selma litigation two years from 

now, 

The Legal Defense Fund today announces that 10 new field f 

representatives have been hired to assist in educating the r 

southern Negro community to its rights under the FEPC provision 

of the '64 Civil Rights Act. 

We are going to give intensive attention to the Selma area 

in an effort to improve the job possibilities of Negro citizens 

there. 

The Legal Defense Fund is prepared to pursue cases arising out 

of violations to the FEPC, into and up through the courts, 

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*The correct designation of our organization is "NAACP Legal 

Defense and Educational Fund, Inc." or "NAACP thes Defense Fund" 
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if brevity is desired. eee 

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