LDF Moves to Head Off Government Delay in Georgia School Integration
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September 6, 1969

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Press Releases, Volume 6. LDF Moves to Head Off Government Delay in Georgia School Integration, 1969. d21e69b4-b992-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/bd674988-286b-4883-8524-af134a6a9510/ldf-moves-to-head-off-government-delay-in-georgia-school-integration. Accessed June 01, 2025.
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fo President Hon. Francis E. PRESS RELEASE Director Counsel egal efense und si Sater’ Director, ic Hons NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. brag 10 Columbus Circle, New York, N.Y. 10019 * JUdson 6-8397 NIGHT NUMBER 212-749-8487 S25 FOR RELEASE September 6, 1969 LDF MOVES TO HEAD OFF GOVERNMENT DELAY IN GEORGIA SCHOOL INTEGRATION ATLANTA, GEORGIA--Fearing that 360,000 black students in Georgia schools will not be, “adequately represented," by the U.S. Depart- ment of Justice, LDF attorneys intervened in U.S. District Court here in their behalf. Negro, "views will remain unheard in the event the United States determines to allow such delay," as was recently granted in Mississippi, attorneys of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education- al Fund, Inc. (LDF) assert. The motion to intervene was filed Tuesday, September 2. The LDF and Georgia Negroes, “oppose the granting of any further delays in implementing unitary school systems in Georgia," the court was told. , At present, the case consists of the United States of America, as plaintiff, versus the State of Georgia, the Georgia State Board of Education, and State Superintendent of Schools. The LDF argues that neither it nor Georgia Negroes have any present control, “in law or in fact, over the course of the litigation except insofar as the Attorney General or his represen- tatives choose to hear...." LDF cooperating attorneys Peter E. Rindskopf and Howard Moore, Jr., of 8594 Hunter Street, N.W., Atlanta, filed the LDF motion. They are backed up by LDF staff attorney Norman Chachkin in LDF New York City headquarters. =30= NOTE: Please bear in mind that the LDF is a completely separate and distinct organization even though we were established by the NAACP and those initials are retained in our name. Our correct designation is NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., frequently shortened to LDF. GO