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 16, 2025.
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|; WESTERN UNION f= TELEGRAM "| W. P. MARSHALL. pecs | ee iB LD. © & ED, FUND,| INC. O Columbus Circle, Suite 2030 NYC 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. (more) DOMESTIC SERVICE \ Sacee"|, WESTERN UNION [= 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 (2¥2)»JUdgon 6~8397