Beatrice Jenkins v. Morris Township Board of Education School Segregation Hearing

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October 2, 1969

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Press Releases, Volume 6. Beatrice Jenkins v. Morris Township Board of Education School Segregation Hearing, 1969. 4814cbcc-b992-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/98635b51-0d71-4e9b-87d5-37a0f71ce706/beatrice-jenkins-v-morris-township-board-of-education-school-segregation-hearing. Accessed November 23, 2025.

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NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. 

10 Colurnbus Circle. New York, N.Y. 10019 * JUdson 6-8397 

President 

PRESS RE E iA ‘ee 

legal EitnsLaw’efense Eizsdund 
Director, Pu 

Jesse DeVo r 
NIGHT NUMBER 212-749.8487 

FOR RELEASE 
THURSDAY 
October 2, 1969 

MORRISTOWN, N.J.---At a hearing before the New Jersey Commissioner 

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ef Education on Monday, Octob 6, attorneys for eight Morristown 
parents and the Morristown Board of Education will seek: 

1) to prevent the construction of a separate high school by 
the Board of Education of Morris Township, and 

2) ask that the Morris Township School Board be merged with 

the Morristown School Board. 

The case is Beatrice Jenkins et al v. Morris Township Board of 

Education et al. 

Attorneys for the parents, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educa- 
tional Fund, Inc. (LDF) of New York and the Morristown firm of 
MacKenzie and Hard that this is an extremely important 
case affecting school segregation in the North and involves major 
questions with respect to the policies and the powers of the New 
Jersey Department of Education. 

At stake is whether the Department can prevent de facto racial 
segregation by creative use of its administrative, supervisory and 
investigative powers. 

The Morristown Board of Education is represented by the Newark 
firm of Meyner and Wiley. 

In the petition to the Commissioner, attorneys for the parents 
and Morristown School Board, with the assistance of an educational 
consulting firm and an urban development firm, state that: “If a 
consolidated School District were created, consisting of the pre- 
sently existing Morristown and Morris Township Districts, racial 

segregation would be avoided. 

"The merged district would offer educational opportunities 
that neither district alone can offer. Permitting the Districts 
to continue to operate sepzately will perpetuate existing segre- 
gation and cause more segregation.” 

The hearing will be held at the offices of the Morris County 
Park Commission, Mendham Road, Mendham, New Jersey. 

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even though we were established by the NAACP and retain those initials 
in our name. Our correct designation is NAACP Legal Defense and 
Educational Fund, Inc.,frequently shortened to LDF.

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