Motley Law Scholarship Award Announced by Legal Defense Fun
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March 22, 1972

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PressRelease B eae oa FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 22, 1972 MOTLEY LAW SCHOLARSHIP AWARD ANNOUNCED BY LEGAL DEFENSE FUND Miss Gwendolyn L. Jones of Norfolk, Virginia has been selected to receive the Constance Baker Motley Scholarship Award for the Study of Law for the 1971-72 school year, according to an announcement by Dr. John W. Davis, director of the Department of Education of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. The annual award of $1,200 was established in 1967 by Jack Greenberg, director-counsel of the Legal Defense Fund, in honor of Judge Motley of.the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. A former president of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City, Mrs. Motley served for Many years as an attorney and associate counsel with LDF, Miss Jones was an honor student at Booker T. Washington High School in Norfolk, and graduated Cum Laude from Hampton Institute. In September of 1969 she entered the Law School of the University of Virginia, from which she expects to receive a law degree in June, 1972. Her extra curricular activities have included work with the Law School Scholarship Committee, the Law Student Civil Rights Research Council, the Law Council Admission Committee and services as vice-president of the Student Government. Miss Jones has also been a Legal Aide, and served an internship with the firm of Hill, Tucker and Marsh in Richmond, Virginia. Previous recipients of the Constance Baker Motley Awards were: Miss Pernila J. Stimley of Jackson, Mississipi (1970-71), who attended Harvard University; Miss Dorothy Graham of Memphis, Tennessee (1969-70), who studied at New York University; Miss Sara B. Rearden of Edgefield, South Carolina (1968-69), who attended Howard University; and Miss Gammiel B. Gray of Baton (More) NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. | 10 Columbus Circle | New York, N.Y. 10019 | (212) 586-8397 William T. Coleman, Jr. - President Jack Greenberg - Director-Counsel Bia Rouge, Louisiana (1967-68), who completed her studies at Louisiana State University. For further information contact: Dr. John W. Davis or Ed Gant at 586-8397 NOTE: Please bear in mind that the LDF is a completely separate and distinct organization even though we were established by the NAACP and those initials are retained in our name. Our correct designation is NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., frequently shortened to LDF.