Personnel Seek Preliminary Injunction Against Discriminatory New York City Public School Examinations (Telegram)
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October 19, 1970
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Press Releases, Volume 6. Personnel Seek Preliminary Injunction Against Discriminatory New York City Public School Examinations (Telegram), 1970. 79a19a46-ba92-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/71f2b03c-b241-454d-a78b-299f30016426/personnel-seek-preliminary-injunction-against-discriminatory-new-york-city-public-school-examinations-telegram. Accessed November 23, 2025.
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Tomorrow (Oct.20) attorneys of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational
Fund, Inc, (LDF) will appear in U.S. District Court, Foley Square,
seeking a preliminary injunction against the holding of tests for
New York City public school supervisory personnel. LDF attorney
Mrs. Elizabeth B. DuBois will argue that the examinations discriminate
against qualified Blacks and Puerto Ricans, that they have never been
shown to predict a candidate's ability to do the job, and that therefore
they violate the BM Equal Protection clause of the 14th Amendment.
The LDF will ask the Court to enjoin the holding of tests scheduled for
Nov. 3, 1970 and all future examinations which do not have demonstrated
validity. The N.Y. Association of Black School Supgeevisors and
Administrators and ASPIRA will seek the Court's acceptance of their
amicus briefs in support of the LDF position.
Mrs. Barbara Reines
Asst. Director of Public Information
NAACP Legal Defense and Ed. Fund,Inc.
10 Columbus Circle, N.Y¥.C.
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