Greenberg Statement on Russel X. Thompson Visit Regarding King Assassination
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March 14, 1969

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Press Releases, Volume 6. Greenberg Statement on Russel X. Thompson Visit Regarding King Assassination, 1969. 5904bb58-b992-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/ae0607e8-4656-4f5e-81d0-62327a3ecb51/greenberg-statement-on-russel-x-thompson-visit-regarding-king-assassination. Accessed April 27, 2025.
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NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. egal efense lund 0 Columbus Circle, New York, N.Y. 10019 « 586-8397 Statement by Jack Greenberg, director-counsel NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. March 14, 1969 Russell x, Thompson of Memphis is coming here to see us on the Reverend Martin Luther King, gr. assassination matter on his own initiative and at his own expense. We have no informa t ion upon which to base judgment as to whether he has any evidence at all of conspiracy, and if he has alleged evidence of it, whether that evidence is credible, In view of the fact that this organization represented Dr. King and still represents the Southern Christian Leadership riddled with so Many inaccuracies which come from unnamed sources, that it would be impossible, without going to great length, to give a boint-by-point refutation. Suffice to say, apart from the fact that we have agreed to see Mr. Thompson, virtually every reference in the DAILY NEWS to this organization Released to: AP WINS N.Y.TIMES MEMPHIS PRESS-SCIMITAR N.Y.POST Reuters ABC CBS NBC Contributions are deductible for U.S. income tax Purposes ee =