Beatrice Jenkins v. Morris Township Board of Education School Segregation Hearing
Press Release
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 June 17, 2025.
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(A 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 E25 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. -30- NOTE: The LDF is a completely separate and distinct organization 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.