Florida v. Board of Control Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Florida
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March 8, 1957

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Press Releases, Volume 1. NAACP Legal Defense Fund Sues High Point Hospital, 1964. c4327c04-b592-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/ce5cef43-871e-41f5-8eae-382f63fdefa5/naacp-legal-defense-fund-sues-high-point-hospital. Accessed August 19, 2025.
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NAA. CP. Lecat Terese Ann EnvcATIONAL FUNn, INC. 10 Columbus Circle, New York 19, WN. Y. JUDSON 6-8397 ae Bae | KNIGHT CHALMERs JACK'GREENBERG =" TLEY : Presiden: Direetor-Gotinsel 10 punsel NAACP LEGAL DEF SMMEDIATE RELEASE, Friday, July 3, 1964 SUBS HIGH POINT Jesse DeVore, Uirector of Public Information oad : — W.C.--Attorneys of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund téday ask Fa District Court here to end segregation at High Point Memorial. : » High Point, N.C, . y ee id Lindsay, who suffers from arthritis and Mrs, soome L, fal R @ heart condition, seek treatment at High Point al. . Bo 2 sting the discriminatory practices of this institution, i Defense Fund attorneys = both patients, each a resident of “would be segregated solely b of race and would be = igned @ bed on a floor in the west wing of the hospital which is reo d@ for Negro patients only." "High Point Mencrisl is the only hospital in High Point. § _ EW addition, High Point residents B, Elton Gox, Thomas Fuller and> Se Addision would seek comprehensive physical examinations at it Memorial but have not done so because of discrimination, Say. 2 - gated delivery rooms for white and Negro patients, gated newborn nursery facilities. ; ‘PSeGregated room and ward facilities. (All Negro patients, withp puuuption of pediatric patients, are placed on one floor in th West wing.) 5 . gated eating facilities are maintained for Negro nurses ¢ : Negro personnel, _ The Goaplaint also states that High Point Memorial has received 4 ly 31,099,019 from the United States in recent years for var expi » under provisions of the Hili-Burton act. Contributions are deductible for U. S. Income Tax Purposes Baace 1 Defense Fund * ou July 3, 1964 dues Hi Point Hospital The U.S. Supreme Court ouept away ion foundations for jim crow pRestices in 2,000 hospitals and medical facilities in eleven southexa Stetes last March. North Carolina was one of the states covered. The Hill-Burton act was passed by Congress in 1946 go that federsl funds could be used by states fog.buliding sedical facilities and hospitals. BAAC: A po befense fund atterneys handling the ceee include Robert Bend, ten; Conrad ©. Pearson, Durham; J. LeVonne Chasbers, Ghniotie; and Jack Greenberg and Michael Weltener cf Hew York Citys