Announcement of K. Greenberg Statement of Policy Shift in School and Hospital Desegregation
Press Release
September 29, 1966

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Press Releases, Volume 4. Announcement of K. Greenberg Statement of Policy Shift in School and Hospital Desegregation, 1966. 47370139-b792-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/7db35384-e96a-432a-8c8e-825d691f94bd/announcement-of-k-greenberg-statement-of-policy-shift-in-school-and-hospital-desegregation. Accessed July 11, 2025.
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Mansfield's concl In response to Senate Majority Lea that the Degpartment of Health, Education and Welfare is going too fast in the desegregation of schools and hospitals, Jack Greenberg, Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, will announce a major shift in the nationwide legal program now being handled by his New York based attorneys plus the Legal Defense Fund's 250 cooperating attorneys. Mr. Greenberg will present substantive data to document the position that Southern school and hospital desegregation is moving at a snail's pace. The conference will be held at the Fund office at 10 Columbus Circle, Suite 2030, New York City, at 2:00 p.m. today. phoned _ to: AP, UPI New York Claude Sitton, New York Times Art Ca Afro-American xr, Baltimor Dave Potter, Chicago - Christian Science Monitor Wall Street Journal New York Post Jet Magazine, New York New York Daily News Washington Post Atlanta Constitution