Exclusion of Negroes from Jury Deciding Case of Negro Accused of Raping White Woman (Telegram)

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Shelby County, Alabama v Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, et al. Brief of Amici Curiae The Nvajo Nation, Leonard Gorman, Anthony Wounded Head, Sr., and Oliver J. Semans, Sr., in support f respondents and respondent-intervenors.

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Press Releases, Volume 5. Exclusion of Negroes from Jury Deciding Case of Negro Accused of Raping White Woman (Telegram), 1968. 6ae291c0-b892-ee11-be37-6045bddb811f. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/cafc4578-85da-4ac1-9b50-e29abf2f9821/exclusion-of-negroes-from-jury-deciding-case-of-negro-accused-of-raping-white-woman-telegram. Accessed August 19, 2025.

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    a A FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT ATTORNEY PETER A. HALL AT 

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July 2, 1968 

NAACP Legal Defense & Educ. Fund i 

10 Columbus Circle, NYC 10019 oe 

NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. (LDF) ATTORNEYS WILL 

FILE A BRIEF WITH THE SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA IN MONTGOMERY WEDNESDAY, 

JULY 3, CHARGING THAT TALLADEGA COUNTY, ALABAMA, HAS DISCRIMINATED 

AGAINST NEGROES IN THE SELECTION OF JURORS. 

LDF STAFF ATTORNEY NORMAN C, AMAKER AND COOPERATING ATTORNEYS PETER A. 

HALL AND ORZELL BILLINGSLEY, JR. WILL FILE THE BRIEF ON BEHALF OF AN 

ALABAMA NEGRO, ROBERT SWAIN. 

SWAIN HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF RAPING A WHITE WOMAN AND SENTENCED TO THE 

ELECTRIC CHAIR. 

LDF ATTORNEYS CHARGE THAT NEGROES WERE SYSTEMATICALLY EXCLUDED FROM 

JURY DUTY FOR SWAIN'S TRIAL AND THAT HIS CONVICTION SHOULD THEREFORE 

BE SET ASIDE. 

324-7691 IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. 

Pei 
WILLIAM McPHATTER 

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PUBLIC INFORMATION DEPARTMENT 

: 
NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL 

FUND, INC. 
10 COLUMBUS CIRCLE 

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NEW YORK, N. ¥. 10019 

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ADVERTISER/ALABAMA JOURNAL 

| a National News Desk Adgertiser Company 

te 229 West 43rd Street 107 South Lawrence 

f New York, N. Y. Montgomerey, Alabama 36104 

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Mr. Gene Roberts 
Mr. William D. Bryant 

NEW YORK TIMES UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL 

10 Forsythe Street Adwertiser-Journal BUtLding 

Atlanta, Georgia 107 South Lawrence 

Montgomerey, Alabama 36102 

Mr. Rex Thomas 
ASSOCIATED PRESS 

. Alabama Journal Building 
South Lawrence Street 

Montgomery, Alabama 36104 

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