Exclusion of Negroes from Jury Deciding Case of Negro Accused of Raping White Woman (Telegram)
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July 2, 1968
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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 January 07, 2026.
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July 2, 1968
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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.
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