2 Negro Women Nurses Denied Housing - LDF Asks for End of Racial Discrimination in Memphis, Tenn.

Press Release
September 27, 1968

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  • Press Releases, Volume 5. 2 Negro Women Nurses Denied Housing - LDF Asks for End of Racial Discrimination in Memphis, Tenn., 1968. ff80e3fd-b892-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/9781dc2d-5c9d-49a3-8829-eaf1f5383053/2-negro-women-nurses-denied-housing-ldf-asks-for-end-of-racial-discrimination-in-memphis-tenn. Accessed April 29, 2025.

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    Sept. 27, 1968 

A suit was filed against the Freddie Gold Realty Co. in the 

U.S. District Court in Memphis today by attorneys of the NAACP 

Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) in behalf of two 

Negro nurses employed at the medical center. The women charge 

that they were denied housing which was later granted to a white 

law student acting as a tester. The LDF is asking for an end of 

discrimination, $100 nominal damages, $2000 punitive damages, and 

attorneys fees. 

A similar suit was filed by LDF attorneys against Margolin 

Bros. Realty. 

For further information, contact LDF cooperating attorney 

Louis Lucas of the firm of Ratner, Thompson, Sugarmon, Willis 

& Lucas, 525-8601 in Memphis. 

Released to: 

AP, UPI - Memphis 
PRESS-SCIMITAR — Memphis

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