Greenberg Statement on Georgia School Desegregation
Press Release
July 31, 1968

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Press Releases, Volume 5. Greenberg Statement on Georgia School Desegregation, 1968. 1ecba4d8-b892-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/911538e9-c7e4-4e90-a77f-0eb1a28673d5/greenberg-statement-on-georgia-school-desegregation. Accessed July 12, 2025.
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137 Statement by Jack Greenberg, director-counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. 10 Columbus Circle, New York, July 31, 1968 LDF attorneys today announced plans to file motions for further relief in 15 Georgia school cases in an effort to speed school integration. The attorneys acted after gaining a victory in the case of Anson Graves v. the Walton Count Board of Education. The U.S. District Court in Macon ruled late yesterday that attendance area lines should be used in m rather F A ? assigning students EHX than freedom of choice. This is the first such ruling in the state of Georgia. 236 For further information, contact attorney Peter Rindskopf in Atlanta at Ja 5-8372.