Legal Defense Fund Lauds LBJ's Appeal for Negro Voting Rights
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March 20, 1965
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Legal Defense and Educational Fund
PRESS RELEASE
ee Hiiba Knight Chalmers FOR RELEASE
Director-Counsel ke Saturday
Jack Greenberg March 20, 1965
LEGAL DEFENSE FUND LAUDS LBJ'S
APPEAL FOR NEGRO VOTING RIGHTS
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MONTGOMERY--~President Johnson's address in behalf of Negro voting
rights was termed a "manifesto of strength, sincerity and sharply
defined purpose," by Jack Greenberg of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
Director-Counsel Greenberg, here representing the Rev. Martin
Luther King and the Selma demonstrators, wired the President
immediately following his address.
Full text of Mr. Greenberg's wire follows:
"For those of us involved, daily, in the task of seeking equal
justice under law, it is heartening indeed, to have the President
of the United States so mivingly thrust his mind, political passion
and prestige to our aid.
"Your statementto the world last night was a manifesto of
strength, sincerity and sharply defined purpose.
"The direction, in which you placed America in motion, can
only result in the hastening of full equality. We fervently hope
and pray for the time when Americans from all areas will heed your
call.
"Toward this realization, the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational
Fund, Inc. will continue to work, with the firm conviction that it
will be soon coming.
"You have given decisive and affirmative leadership for which
all the people of our Nation should be grateful."
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