LDF Moves to Prevent Police Interference with Selma Demonstrators (Telegram)
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March 8, 1965
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Press Releases, Volume 2. LDF Moves to Prevent Police Interference with Selma Demonstrators (Telegram), 1965. 949e20bb-b592-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/c2c67a40-ce9b-4950-a45e-7c37849c346e/ldf-moves-to-prevent-police-interference-with-selma-demonstrators-telegram. Accessed November 23, 2025.
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- MONTGOMERY, ALA,--NAACP Legal Defense Fund lawyers moved swiftly
ay, asking federal Judge Frank M. Johnson to forbid state and local
enforcement officials from further interference with peaceful Negro
attempts to march from Selma to the capital here. ¥
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ration drive, the Legal Defense Fund sought a speedy hearing on
‘motion for a temporary restraining order against Governor George C.
ce, state Public Safety Commissioner Al Lingo, and Dallas County
ff James Clark.
lor further information, contact Attorney Charles Jones, Albert
el, Montgomery CODE 205-265-0541 or Attorney Fred Gray at
-263-9360.
Jesse DeVore, Jr., Director