Memorandum on 10th Annual Institute of the Legal Defense Fund; 20th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education Celebration at Annual LDF Institute

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MEMO TO CITY DESK AND FEATURE EDITOR 

You are cordially invited to cover the tenth annual Institute 

of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, to be held at the 

Americana Hotel (New York City) on Friday, May 23. 

Two thousand civil rights advocates from all parts of the 

country are expected to attend the all-day meeting, which will focus 

largely on affirmative employment and educational programs endangered 

by regressive social and economic forces. 

Carl T. Rowan, columnist and former director of the U. S. Informa- 

tion Agency, will present the keynote address at the Institute luncheon. 

Mrs. Ernest Hemingway and Julius LeVonne Chambers, the Fund's president, 

also will speak. In addition, a special award will be presented to 

William T. Coleman, Jr., U. S. Secretary of Transportation and a former 

Legal Defense Fund president. 

As in past years, the Institute offers feature story potentials 

which may be of interest to your readers. Among the panelists are: 

-William Waters, an articulate Chicago bricklayer 
and the plaintiff in one of two retroactive 
seniority (last hired-first fired) cases pending 

in the U.S. Supreme Court. 

*Mrs. Palecia Franklin Lewis, mother of seven 

children, teacher and a leader of the citizens' 

committee that is helping make school desegrega— 
tion work in Denver, Colo. 

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*Dan C. Mathes, Jr., a white parent and organizer of the 

bi-racial committee that helped turn Central High School 
in Little Rock, Ark. into a model integrated school. 

A morning panel will consider the "last hired-first fired" 

employment policy that is adversely affecting thousands of minority 

el workers as the recession deepens. In addition to Mr. Waters, the par 

will include Eleanor Holmes Norton, New York City Human Rights Commissioner, 

and Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., a prominent labor and civil rights attorney. 

The concurrent morning session will be concerned with the cutback 

in affirmative action educational programs designed to overcome the present 

effects of past discrimination. Panelists will include James L. Curtis, M.D. 

of Cornell University Medical School; Walter J. Leonard, Harvard University; 

Peter James Liacouras, Temple University Law School; and Robert B. McKay, 

New York University Law School. Dean McKay was chairman of the New York 

State Special Commission on Attica in 1971-72. 

In the afternoon, parents, students and community leaders from 

Little Rock, Boston and Denver will discuss their varied experiences in 

tackling school desegregation in the three cities. 

A concurrent afternoon session will be devoted to the capital 

punishment issue. Among the participants will be Peggy Cooper Davis-and 

David E. Kendall, LDF staff members; LeRoy D. Clark, New York University 

Law School; and Hugo Bedau, of Tufts University. 

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund is a completely 

separate organization, even though originally established by the NAACP 

in 1939. Our correct designation is NAACP Legal Defense and Educational 

Fund, Inc., frequently shortened to Legal Defense Fund. The organization 

has a national staff and headquarters in New York City, and works with 

400 cooperating attorneys throughout the country. 



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10 Columbus Circle, New York, N.Y. 10019 ¢ (212) 586-8397 

You are cordially invited to cover the NAACP 

Legal Defense and Educational Fund's dinner and 

Institute meetings. 

Interviews and photos can best be arranged 

between 6:30 - 7:00 p.m. at the Thursday reception 

(May 16) and at 12:00 Noon at the Institute reception 

(May 17) prior to the luncheon. 

Norman Bloomfield 



From: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. 

10 Columbus Circle 
New York, N. Y. 10019 
Telephone: 212 586-8397 

Contact: Norman Bloomfield 
Anna Frank 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

May &- 
NEW YORK, N.Y. -- More than 2,000 civil rights advocates 

will celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the United States Supreme 

Court decision, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, at the 

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund's annual Institute to 

be held at the Americana Hotel in New York City on Friday, 

May 17. 

The Fund was the organization that fought and won the 

Brown decision. 

Elliot L. Richardson, former United States Attorney General, 

will be the keynote speaker at the Institute luncheon (May 17) 

commemorating the Court's ruling, which outlawed racial segre- 

gation in public schools and signaled the move to dismantle 

statutory segregation in all walks of life. He was law clerk 

to Justice Felix Frankfurter at the time the Brown cases were 

tried. 

Archibald Cox, Harvard professor and the former Special 

Prosecutor investigating Watergate, also will address a commem- 

orative dinner meeting sponsored by the Legal Defense Fund on 

Thursday, May 16 at the Commodore Hotel. Tom c.Clark, Associate 

Justice of the Supreme Court (retired) will chair the meeting. 

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The Institute and dinner meetings will be attended by 

jurists who engaged in the 1954 Supreme Court litigation. Among 

those will be James M. Nabrit, Jr., former president of Howard 

University; Louis L. Redding of Wilmington, Del., and 

Jack Greenberg, the Fund's Director-Counsel; Judge Constance 

Baker Motley; Oliver Hill, Richmond, Va.; Herbert L. Brownell, 

U.S. Attorney General in 1954, and J. Lee Rankin and Philip 

Elman, who presented the government's argument for desegregation 

as members of the Solicitor General's office. Kenneth B. Clark, 

who testified at length in the cases, also will participate in 

the procedings. 

Among those attending the day-long Institute will be 

Elizabeth Eckford, who was one of the eight children to desegre- 

gate Central High School in Little Rock, Ark. in 1957; Sonnie 

Wellington Hereford, IV, a 16-year old, who in 1963 was the 

first black child to enroll in a white school in the State of 

Alabama; Charlayne Hunter of the New York Times, the first black 

student to enter the University of Georgia in 1961; and Mr. and 

Mrs. Harry Briggs, named plaintiffs in one of the five cases 

joined in the Brown decision. 

Other participants will include Rosa Parks, whose action 

sparked the Montgomery, Ala. Bus Boycott in 1955-56; Charles 

Evers, Mayor of Fayette, Miss.; Arthur D. Shores, a member of 

the Birmingham City Council and a veteran civil rights lawyer; 

and Hodding Carter, III, editor of the Delta Democrat-Times, 

Greenville, Miss. 

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William T. Coleman, Jr. of Philadelphia and Cyrus R. 

Vance of New York City are Co-Chairmen of the 20th Anniversary 

event. 



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THE NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND WILL CELEBRATE THE 

20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT DECISION, 

BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF TOPEKA, AT A COMMEMORATIVE DINNER 

AND AN ALL-DAY INSTITUTE WEETING. MEDIA ARE CORDIALLY INVITED 

TO COVER THESE EVENTS. 

ON THURSDAY, MAY 16, ARCHIBALD COX, HARVARD PROFESSOR AND FORMER 

SPECIAL PROSECUTOR INVESTIGATING WATERGATE, WILL ADDRESS A GATHERING 

OF CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS AT THE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND'S DINNER MEETING 

AT THE. COMMODORE HOTEL PARK AVE. & 42ND ST., NEW YORK. TO™ C. 

CLARK, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT (RETIRED) WILL CHAIR 

THE MEETING. INTERVIEWS AND PHOTOS CAN B EST BE-ARRANGED-BETWEEN 

6630-7 P.M. AT THE COCKTAIL RECEPTION PRIOR TO THE DINNER. 

ON FRIDAY, MAY 17, ELLIOT L. RICHARDSON, FORMER UNITED STATES 

ATTORNEY GENERAL, WILL BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT THE INSTITUTE 

LUNCHEON COMMEMORATING THE COURT'S RULING. INTERVIEWS AND PHOTOS CAN 

BEST BE ARRANGED AT THE ALL=-DAY INSTITUTE TO BE HELD AT THE HOTEL 

AMERICANA, 7TH AVE. & S2ND ST., NEW YORK, AT 12 NOON AT A RECEPTION 

PRIOR TO THE LUNCHEON, 

THE INSTITUTE AND DINNER MEETINGS WILL BE ATTENDED BY JURISTS WHO 

ENGAGED IN THE 1954 SUPREME COURT LITIGATION. KEY INDIVIDUALS WHO 

PARTICIPATED IN EARLY SCHOOL DESEGREGATION AND CIVIL RIGHTS 

DEMONSTRATIONS ALSO WILL PARTICIPATE. 

COTACT -- NORMAN BLOOMFIELD OF NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND AT 

212-586-3397. 

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NEW YORK, “AY 8 -- MORE THAN 2,000 CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCATES WILL 

CELEBRATE THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME 

COURT DECISION, BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF TOPEKA, AT THE 

NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND'S ANNUAL INSTITUTE TO 

BE HELD AT THE AMERICANA HOTEL IN NEW YORK CITY ON FRIDAY, 

MAY 17. THE FUND WAS THE ORGANIZATION THAT FOUGHT AND WON THE BROWN 

DECISION. 

ELLIOT L. RICHARDSON, FORMER UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL, 

WILL BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT THE INSTITUTE LUNCHEON /MAY 17/7 

COMMEMORATING THE COURT’S RULING, WHICH OUTLAWED RACIAL SEGREGATION 

IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SIGNALED THE MOVE TO DISMANTLE STATUTORY 

SEGREGATION IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE. HE WAS LAY CLERK TO JUSTICE 

FELIX FRANKFURTER AT THE TIME THE BROWN CASES WERE TRIED. 

ARCHIBALD COX, HARVARD PROFESSOR AND THE FORMER SPECIAL 

PROSECUTOR INVESTIGATING WATERGATE, ALSO WILL ADDRESS A 

COMMEMORATIVE DINNER MEETING SPONSORED BY THE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND 

ON THURSDAY, MAY 16 AT THE COMMODORE HOTEL. TOM C. CLARK, 

ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT /RETIRED/ WILL CHAIR THE 

MEETING. THE INSTITUTE AND DINNER MEETINGS WILL BE ATTENDED 

BY JURISTS WHO ENGAGED IN THE 1954 SUPREME COURT LITIGATION. 

AMONG THOSE WILL BE JAMES M. NABRIT, JR., FORMER PRESIDENT OF 

HOWARD UNIVERSITY; LOUIS L. REDDING OF WILMINGTON, DEL.: JACK 

GREENBERG, THE FUND'S DIRECTOR-COUNSEL$ JUDGE CONSTANCE BAKER 

MOTLEY; OLIVER HILL, RICHMOND, VA.; HERBERT L. BROWNELL, U.S. 

ATTORNEY GENERAL IN 1954, AND J. LEE RANKIN AND PHILIP ELMAN, 

WHO PRESENTED THE GOVERNMENT'S ARGUMENTS FOR DESEGREGATION 

AS MEMBERS OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL’S OFFICE. KENNETH B. CLARK, 

WHO TESTIFIED AT LENGTH IN THE CASES, ALSO WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE 

PROCEEDINGS. 

AMONG THOSE ATTENDING THE DAY-LONG INSTITUTE WILL BE ELIZABETH 

ECKFORD, WHO WAS ONE OF THE EIGHT CHILDREN TO DESEGREGATE CENTRAL 

HIGH SCHOOL IN LITTLE ROCK, ARK. IN 1957; SONNIE WELLINGTON 

HEREFORD, IV, A 16-YEAR OLD WHO IN 1963 WAS THE FIRST BLACK CHILD 

TO ENROLL IN A WHITE SCHOOL IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA$ CHARLAYNE 

HUNTER OF THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE FIRST BLACK STUDENT TO ENTER THE 

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA IN 1961: AND MR. AND MRS. HARRY BRIGGS, 

NAMED PLAINTIFFS IN ONE OF THE FIVE CASES JOINED IN THE BROWN 

DECISION. 

OTHER PARTICIPANTS WILL INCLUDE ROSA PARKS, WHOSE ACTIONS 

SPARKED THE MONTGOMERY, ALA. BUS BOYCOTT IN 1955-56; CHARLES 

EVERS, MAYOR OF FAYETTE, MISS.3; ARTHUR D. SHORES, A MEMBER OF THE 

BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL AND A VETERAN CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYERS 

AND HODDING CARTER, III, EDITOR OF THE DELTA DEMOCRAT-TIMES, 

GREENVILLE, MISS. 

WILLIAM T. COLEMAN, JR. OF PHILADELPHIA AND CYRUS R. VANCE OF 

NEW YORK CITY ARE CO-CHAIRMEN OF THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT. 

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THE NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND WILL CELEBRATE THE 

20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREWS COURT DECISION, 

: BROWN V. 80aRD OF EDUCATION OF TOPEKA, AT A COMMEMORATIVE DINNER 

: AND AN ALL-DAY INSTITUTE YEETING. MEDIA ARE CORDIALLY INVITED 

TO COVER THESE EVENTS. 

ON THURSDAY, MAY 1S, ARCHT2ALD COX, HARVARD PROFSSSOR AND FORMER 

SPECIAL PROSECUTOR INVESTIGATING WATERGATE, WILL ADDRESS A GATHERING 

OF CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS AT THE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND'S DINNER MEETING 

AT THE COMMODORE HOTEL PARK AVE. & 42ND ST., NEW YORK. TO” C. 

CLARK, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT (RETIRED) WILL CHAIR 

THE MEETING. INTERVIEWS AND PHOTOS CAN BEST SF ARRANGED BETWEEN 

630-7 P.M. AT THE COCKTAIL RECEPTION PRIOR TO THE DINNER. 

ON FRIDAY, MAY 17, ELLIOT L. RICHARDSON, FORMER UNITED STATES 

ATTORNEY GENERAL, WILL BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT THE INSTITUTE 

LUNCHEON COMMEMORATING THE COURT'S RULING. INTERVIEWS AND PHOTOS CaN 

BEST BE ARRANGED AT THE ALL-DAY INSTITUTE TO SE HELD AT THE HOTEL 

AMERICANA, 7TH AVE, % 52ND ST., NEW YORK, AT 12 NOON AT A RECEPTION 

PRIOR TO THE LIJNCHEON. 

THE INSTITUTE AND DINNER MEETINGS WILL BE ATTENDED BY JURISTS WHO 

ENGAGED IN THE 1954 SUPREME COURT LITIGATION. KEY INDIVIDUALS WHO 

PARTICIPATED IN EARLY SCHOOL DESEGREGATION AND CIVIL RIGHTS 

DEMONSTRATIONS ALSO WILL PARTICIPATE. 

COTACT -- NORMAN BLOOMFIELD OF NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND AT 

212-536-3397. : 

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