Dr. Fosdick given Phillip Murray Award

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Press Releases, Loose Pages. Dr. Fosdick given Phillip Murray Award, 1959. 1fb33487-bc92-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/190e1369-c1b6-4f33-ae55-0f57f5c778a6/dr-fosdick-given-phillip-murray-award. Accessed August 19, 2025.

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NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND 
10 COLUMBUS CIRCLE © NEW YORK 19,N.Y. © JUdson 6-8397 

DR. ALLAN KNIGHT CHALMERS oe THURGOOD MARSHALL 
President Director-Counsel 

FOR RELEASE: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2. 

DR. FOSDICK GIVEN PHILIP MURRAY AWARD 

NEW YORK, -- Dr, Harry Emerson Fosdick, pastor emeritus of 

Riverside Church, New York City, last night received the annual Philip 

Murray Award of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. 

Dr. Fosdick is the third outstanding American to be honored by 

the Philip Murray Award Committee for "contributing in great measure 

to the betterment of race relations" in America. Tho award was made 

by Dr. Allan Knight Chalmers, President of the NAACP Legal Defense 

Fund, at a reception held at the home of Mrs. Chauncey Waddell, 

1 Beekman Place, New York City. Mrs. Waddell is a Board member of the 

Fund. A check for 41,000 accompanied the award which Dr, Fosdick will 

pass on to one of the many philanthropies in which he is interested. 

The citation described Dr, Fosdick as one "who in the Church and 

in the community has worked tirelessly for a society in which all men 

are truly brothers; who in a life crowded with duties has not only had 

the courage but always found time to act against injustice, no matter 

how powerful his antagonists; who, by the way in which he has lived his 

days, has helped countless men and women to accept and to strive for 

the attainment of his vision of a world of peace and equal justice.” 

The Philip Murray Award was established in 1955 and named in 

honor of the late labor leader Philip Murray. It pays tribute to a 

person who has contributed in great moasure to the betterment of race 

relations in the United States. 

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund has led the strugale 

to achieve equal citizenship rights for Negro Americans through the 

democratic processes of the courts, Under the direction of Thurgood 

Marshall, it has been responsible for arguing in the U. S. Supreme 

Court the historic cases which have resulted in the outlawing of segre- 

gation in our public schools and it continues to represent Negro school 

children and their parents in sesking to obtain equal educational 

opportunities, 
~30- Jan, 30, 1959

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