A large New York union law week donated $5,000 to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund…
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April 13, 1960

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Press Releases, Loose Pages. A large New York union law week donated $5,000 to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund…, 1960. d61ebca5-bc92-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/8d8fb05c-6db7-4432-9640-e14290646e81/a-large-new-york-union-law-week-donated-5-000-to-the-naacp-legal-defense-and-educational-fund. Accessed April 28, 2025.
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PRESS RELEASE @ * NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND 10 COLUMBUS CIRCLE + NEW YORK 19,N.Y. © JUdson 6-8397 DR. ALLAN KNIGHT CHALMERS > THURGOOD MARSHALL Director-Counsel President NEW YORK, April 13 -- A large New York union last week donated $5,000 to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund to help continue the legal efforts against racial discrimination in all phases of American life. The Joint Board of the Dress and Waist Makers Union, a 60,000 member affiliate of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, presented the $5,000 check to Thurgood Marshall, director-counsel of the Legal Defense Fund, on Tuesday, at the Joint Board's New York headquarters. Charles S. Zimmerman, a vice president of the ILGWU and general Manager of the Joint Board, said that his union "feels very strongly that the fight for civil rights deserves the support of all Americans who take democracy seriously." Mr. Zimmerman is also chairman of the AFL-CIO Committee on Civil Rights. The union leader said that the $5,000 contribution to the Legal Defense Fund was part of a continuing program of support for agencies and organizations in the field of civil rights. He added that con- tributions had also been made to other organizations such as the National Urban League, Congress of Racial Equality, and the Jewish Labor Committee. "Our union has always been active in the defense of minority groups," he said. "We regard this as a duty of good citizens in a democracy." 330