Greenberg Statement on New York Times Story and Internal Policies Re: Brief on Behalf of Black Panthers

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Press Releases, Volume 6. Greenberg Statement on New York Times Story and Internal Policies Re: Brief on Behalf of Black Panthers, 1969. e74501a8-b992-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/4864a28d-110f-4673-ad9b-8ad073f18c86/greenberg-statement-on-new-york-times-story-and-internal-policies-re-brief-on-behalf-of-black-panthers. Accessed August 19, 2025.

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NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND E DUCATIONAL FUND, INC 
10 Columbus Circle, New York, N.Y. 10019 « JUdson 6-8397 

August 5, 1969 

msel of the NAACP Legal Defense 
issued the following statement 

Today's NEW YORK TIMES 

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story about the friend of the court 
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was taken up at a staff confer 

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his case. Our position in this 
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history, the Fund has filed briefs in 
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cases involved legal issues 

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important to all Americans. 
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Beauharnais in 1952 and pr. 
thought important constituti 

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onal principles were at stake. 

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