LDF Asks That Negro Prisoners in Southern Jails Be Allowed to Read Negro Publications
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September 5, 1968

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Press Releases, Volume 5. LDF Asks That Negro Prisoners in Southern Jails Be Allowed to Read Negro Publications, 1968. 9386e6e4-b892-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/8f159c87-350e-4bf4-b4a1-8b19d3fab460/ldf-asks-that-negro-prisoners-in-southern-jails-be-allowed-to-read-negro-publications. Accessed July 11, 2025.
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NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. efense lund 10 Columbus Circle, New York, N.Y. 10019 * JUdson 6-8397 FOR RELEASE THURSDAY September 5, 1968 LDF ASKS THAT NEGRO PRISONERS IN SOUTHERN JAILS BE ALLOWED TO READ NEGRO PUBLICATIONS Psychiatric Consultant Says Rehabilitation is Helped NEW YORK---The LDF has launched a campaign to assure perpetuation of a positive self-image, and identity with the black community, for black prisoners in southern jails. Much of recent psychological and sociological findings indicates that human behavior is directly dependent upon how one views himself. And, one's self-image is directly dependent upon how he is treated in his immediate environment. The Negro press is without peer in presenting an up-to- date account of the black experience. The LDF, backed by professional scientific endorsement (see Dr. Milford Parker statement enclosed), is attempting to use the legal process to deal creatively with the problem of the crisis in black identity. -30- NOTE: The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. y (LDF) is a separate and distinct organization from the NAACP. 2 Its correct designation is NAACP Legal Defense and Educational -, Which is shortened to LDF. a Fund, Inc 4 gi BR 25