LDF to Seek Fed. Ct. Injunction to Prevent Police Interference with Greensboro, Ala. Demonstrators (Telegram)

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July 29, 1965

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Press Releases, Volume 2. LDF to Seek Fed. Ct. Injunction to Prevent Police Interference with Greensboro, Ala. Demonstrators (Telegram), 1965. 92c4ca16-b692-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/9ff6dbf3-e4fa-4c41-9384-ebbe0bcaf755/ldf-to-seek-fed-ct-injunction-to-prevent-police-interference-with-greensboro-ala-demonstrators-telegram. Accessed July 30, 2025.

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W. P. MARSHALL. pecs 

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Send the following message, subject to the Hereol, which are hereby agreed to 

(See attached list) July 29, 1965 

NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund lawyers today will seek a 
federal court injunction to prevent authorities in Greensboro, Ala. 
> ghee aimee with the right of Negroes to stage a peaceful protest 
march, 

The attorneys will ask Judge Daniel Thomas of the U.S. District 
Court for the Southern District of Alabama in Mobile to enjoin Alabama 
State Police, Greensboro Police and the Hale County Sheriff's 
Department from obstructing the planned march, Demonstrators set out 
Monday from St. Matthews AME Church to march five blocks to the Hale 
County Courthouse to protest voter discrimination, but were stopped at 
a police barricade a half=block from the chitrch,. A nuinber of 
demonstrators maintained a vigil at the barricade, and about 300 were 
arrested there last night. The marchers also planned to continue four 
miles to St. Marks AME Church, which was burned about two weeks ago. 
The Rev. A. T. Days, president of the Hale County Improvement 
Association, anda march leader, is pastor of both Negro churches. 

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DOMESTIC SERVICE \ 

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W. P. MARSHALL, 

DAY LETTER 
NIGHT LETTER 

[[no.wos-eu. oF sue] — [eso] 

NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & ED. FUND, INC. 
10 Columbus Circle, Suite 2030) NYC 

Send the following. mestagesublect co the terms on back hereof, which are he 

Page 2. (See attached list) July 29, 1965 

For further information contact Atty. Oscar Adams, Birmingham, 
(205) 324-4445, or Atty. Vernon Crawford, Mobile, (205) HE 21691. 

Edwin K. Wiley, Public 
Information Assistant 

NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & ED, FUND, INC, 
10 Columbus Circle, Suite 2030 

Tere dlew York, New York 
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LDF to Seek Fed. Ct. Injunction to Prevent Police Interference with Greensboro, Ala. Demonstrators (Telegram)

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