LDF Attorneys Prevent Gov. Wallace (Alabama) from Implementing an Act of the Legislature Designed to Thwart School Desegregation
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September 5, 1967

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Press Releases, Volume 5. LDF Attorneys Prevent Gov. Wallace (Alabama) from Implementing an Act of the Legislature Designed to Thwart School Desegregation, 1967. 2de2df14-b892-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/917958c6-c291-446a-8b21-849fcc90da44/ldf-attorneys-prevent-gov-wallace-alabama-from-implementing-an-act-of-the-legislature-designed-to-thwart-school-desegregation. Accessed August 19, 2025.
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26 NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. President Hon. Francis E. Rivers PRESS RELEASE Director-Counsel egal efense lund Jack Greenberg Director, Public Relations Jesse DeVore, Jr. 10 Columbus Circle, New York, N.Y. 10019 * JUdson 6-8397 NIGHT NUMBER 212-749-8487 a2 September 5, 1967 Attorneys for the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund today succeeded in preventing Governor Wallace from implementing an act of the legislature designed to thwart school desegregation in Alabama. Governor Wallace of Alabama, on September first, signed into law, a bill requiring each public school student to designate the race of his teacher (ACT No, 285). The Fund attorneys argued that this bill was designed to circum- vent a decision of the three-judge federal court rendered in March desegregating all the schools of the state. This suit had also been brought by the Legal Defense Fund. On September second, the Fund attorneys requested an injunction from the federal court against the enforcement of the act, which was granted today. For further information contact Fred Gray, Montgomery, Alabama (205-263-9360); Melvyn Zarr, New York (212-JU6-8397). Statement sent via telephone to News Desk of Associated Press and United Press International, both in Birmingham, Alabama. 1j