Press Conference on Exclusion of Negro Athletes from Television Commercials and a Resulting Complaint to the Federal Communications Commission
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August 23, 1967

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Press Releases, Volume 5. Press Conference on Exclusion of Negro Athletes from Television Commercials and a Resulting Complaint to the Federal Communications Commission, 1967. 292da102-b892-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/aa80f006-a146-41a1-a238-85e5ab080772/press-conference-on-exclusion-of-negro-athletes-from-television-commercials-and-a-resulting-complaint-to-the-federal-communications-commission. Accessed April 22, 2025.
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ee, | NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. egal efense umd 10 Columbus Circle, New York, N.Y. 10019 + JUdson 6-8397 TO; WORKING PRESS FROM: JESSE DeVORE, Director of Public Information RE: PRESS CONFERENCE ON EXCLUSION OF NEGRO ATHLETES FROM TELEVISION COnERCIALS AND A RESULTING COMPLAINT TO THE FEDERAL COMMUNICA- TIONS COMMISSION Place: Overseas Press Club Time: 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 23, 1967 Results of a survey “On the Frequency of Appearance of Negroes on Tele- vised Commercials" shown during sporting events, will be released here wednesday morning, August 23, at 11:00 a.m. at the Overseas Press Club, " ef ed Street by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, ne. (LDF). It is the first survey of this specific focus. Announcement of a request for an “investigation by the Federal Com- | munications Commission of the possibility of racial bias in the produc- tion and broadcast of television commercials" will also be made. | Spokesmen at the press conference will be Bill White of the Philadelphia Phillies; Claude "Buddy" Young, former star of the football Yankees, now an executive with the National Football League; Dr. Lawrence Plotkin | of the Social Dynamics Research Institute, City University of New York; Gustav Heningburg, assistant to the president of the Legal Defense Fund. | | { | Contributions are deductible for U. S. income tax purposes