Motley, Constance Baker; Gantt, Harvey; Meredith, James; and Others, 1964, undated - 2 of 5

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  • Press Releases, Volume 6. Annotated Announcement of 20th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education Celebration at LDF Institute, 1974. eb5a8fe9-ba92-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/01d5b287-9c28-4652-a106-b6061032bfbd/annotated-announcement-of-20th-anniversary-of-brown-v-board-of-education-celebration-at-ldf-institute. Accessed August 19, 2025.

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WASHEHGTON, D.C., May XX -- More than 49@ civil rights advocates 

will celebrate the 2% 20th Anniversary of the United States Supreme 

Court decision, Brown v.Board of Edua&stonn of Topeka, at the NAACP 

Legal Defense and Educational Fund's 9th Annual Luncheon on Tuesday, 

May 21 at the Sheraton Park Hotel. The Fund Was the origanization that 

fought and won the Brown decision. ‘ 

Edward W.Brooke, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, will be the 

p< Reynote speaker at the luncheon commemorating the Court's ruling, which 

outlawed racial segregation in public schools and signaled the move to 

dismantlexsak statutory segregation in all walks of life. 

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Charles T.Duncan, thexmm=x dean of Howard University's Law School and 

a member of the Fund's board, will present a citation to Dr.James M. 

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for the children of the District of Columbia -- one of the five cased 

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