LDF Attorneys Argue 11 Cases in 10 Days

Press Release
June 4, 1966

LDF Attorneys Argue 11 Cases in 10 Days preview

Cite this item

  • Press Releases, Volume 4. LDF Attorneys Argue 11 Cases in 10 Days, 1966. f2750309-b792-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/782bfb0c-f439-4f04-bba0-86152d5f4e01/ldf-attorneys-argue-11-cases-in-10-days. Accessed June 17, 2025.

    Copied!

    10 Columbus Circle 

New York, N.Y. 10019 
JUdson 6-8397 

‘i NAACP 

Legal Defense and Educational F und : 
r PRESS _ELEASE_ 

Predaui ae 
Dri’ ie ee Knight caditieee 

eG: Greene 03" FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE “=. 
~ SATURDAY : 

June 4, 1966 Pas 

LDF ATT, Th ils, bs 
11 CASES IN 10 DAYS = 

NEW YORK----NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund attorneys 

this week mopped their brows as they completed a hectic 10 

days that included Memorial Day court appearances while most 

of the rest of the country was enjoying the holiday. 

Eleven cases that could have far reaching effects on 

Negroes throughout the country were argued in a ten-day period 

beginning May 24. 

A sextet of Legal Defense Fund lawyers was in New 

Orleans May 24 and 25 to argue seven vital cases involving 

school desegregation, while Director-Counsel Jack Greenberg 

went to Wichita, Kans., May 25 to argue another school case. 

Before the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New 

Orleans was Associate Counsel James M. Nabrit, III arguing 

cases involving Bossier and East Baton Rouge Parishes, La. 

Staff Attorneys Norman C, Amaker and Charles H. Jones, 

Jr. of New York argued cases involving schools in Jefferson 

County, Ala., and Caddo Parish, La., respectively. 

Cooperating Attorneys Oscar Adams and Demetrius Newton 

of Birmingham, made representations in cases involving Bessemer 

sand Fairfield, Ala., respectively. Staff Attorney Henry Aronson 

,of Jackson, Miss., appeared in behalf of the Clarksdale school 

‘integration case. 

The Legal Defense Fund lawyers were goxned by the U.S. 

Justice Department in five of the New Orleans es: . They 

Pee 

jesse DeVore, Jr., Director of Public Information—Night Number 212 Riverside 9-8487 > Q 



een

Copyright notice

© NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.

This collection and the tools to navigate it (the “Collection”) are available to the public for general educational and research purposes, as well as to preserve and contextualize the history of the content and materials it contains (the “Materials”). Like other archival collections, such as those found in libraries, LDF owns the physical source Materials that have been digitized for the Collection; however, LDF does not own the underlying copyright or other rights in all items and there are limits on how you can use the Materials. By accessing and using the Material, you acknowledge your agreement to the Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the Materials.


Additional info

To the extent that LDF includes information about the Materials’ origins or ownership or provides summaries or transcripts of original source Materials, LDF does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of such information, transcripts or summaries, and shall not be responsible for any inaccuracies.

Return to top