LDF Case in Talioferro County on Desegregation (Telegram); First Discrimination Suit re: Employment to be Filed by LDF (Telegram)

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October 11, 1965 - October 13, 1965

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Press Releases, Volume 3. LDF Case in Talioferro County on Desegregation (Telegram); First Discrimination Suit re: Employment to be Filed by LDF (Telegram), 1965. 0ea90c53-b692-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/cbd82355-5662-4123-9fc7-ad3bfe5a59a6/ldf-case-in-talioferro-county-on-desegregation-telegram-first-discrimination-suit-re-employment-to-be-filed-by-ldf-telegram. Accessed November 23, 2025.

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AUGUSTA, GA. =<A three-judge federal court will begin hearing evidence here tomorrow (Oct. 12) in an NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund attempt to compel Taliaferro County to provide desegregated education for Negro children.
Legal Defense Fund Attorneys Howard Moore Jr, and Donald Ly Hollowell will also ask the court to overturn two Georgia laws which they contend have been used to harass Negroes protesting the lack of integrated education

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10 Columbus Circle, NYC
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