Employment Discrimination Against a Negro School Teacher in Tallahassee, Fla. (telegram)

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September 3, 1968

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Press Releases, Volume 5. Employment Discrimination Against a Negro School Teacher in Tallahassee, Fla. (telegram), 1968. 7a86e6e4-b892-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/ca72de6f-a43f-4543-a1b5-5d448fcf1b35/employment-discrimination-against-a-negro-school-teacher-in-tallahassee-fla-telegram. Accessed December 06, 2025.

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BOOK THREE (3) COPIES
September 3, 1968

torneys for the NAACP Legal Defense and

taday, September 3, appealed a case

th Circuit charging the

against a Negro school teacher here. LDF attorney

filed the appeal on behalf of Mrs. Christine

iness educ: cher at all-Negro Lincoln

In 1966 Mrs. Knowles requested a

4 ntly white schools-—-Leon, Lively or

she said, they were better equipped for her a

When the Board refused to consi

she filed a complaint

and assignment of tex

her request for transfer,

alleging raci iscrimination in the hiring

1ers in Leon County.

While awaiting action by the U.S. District Court for the

Sir Mietrict of Florida, Mrs. Knowles sent in her resignation.

He told the school superintendent that she @uld not accept the

sition offered her at Lincoln High because of the pending

decision.

The sct 001 board accepted her
her tha

signation without qualification
she was no longer a part of the school system.

The court later
receive consideration of
segregation wa i i

transfer to a

d that e had no constitutional right to
1er request for transfer, that faculty

ible at the time of appellant's request for

The court also re
school system.

her request, reinstatement into the

LDF attorney Robinson said that the appeal filed today seeks to

get Mrs. Knowles reinstated and have the court order that she be

considered for transfer.

For. further information please contact Attorney Earl M.

fohnson and/or Attorney Reese Marshall of Jacksonville, Florida at

} BL-55196, sa = ox

Jesse DeVore, Director
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