Sue Charleston YMCA for Refusing Negroes
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August 6, 1966

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Press Releases, Volume 4. Sue Charleston YMCA for Refusing Negroes, 1966. cd08101b-b792-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/c36909af-7b12-417e-bbfa-afdcb5ee1a0b/sue-charleston-ymca-for-refusing-negroes. Accessed April 29, 2025.
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10 Columbus Circle New York, N.Y. 10019 JUdson 6-8397 NAACP PRESS RELEASE Legal Defense ‘and Educational Fund © FOR RELEASE President in cbranets E. Rivest SATURDAY ‘2 ei “August 65 1966 Jack Greenberg FOR RE: iG NEGROES CHARLESTON, S. C.---The Local branch of the Young Men's Christian Association was sued here this week for denying Negroes the use of its facilities. Attorneys of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund filed suit under Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in behalf of local Negroes. Legal Defense Fund lawyers cited the Local Y's “well- established and maintained policy, practice, custom and usage of excluding, refusing to serve and discriminating against Negroes in all its facilities, services and accommodations." Legal Defense Fund attorneys asked that the Y be enjoined from such activities. =o06 Jesse DeVore, Jr., Director of Public Information—Night Number 212 Riverside 9-8487 Ss