LDF Leads Defense of Civil Rights Workers in Miss. (Telegram)

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June 15, 1965

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  • Press Releases, Volume 2. LDF Leads Defense of Civil Rights Workers in Miss. (Telegram), 1965. 15fb8b04-b692-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/d0d8fc02-8509-43f6-b579-6c9fe340639d/ldf-leads-defense-of-civil-rights-workers-in-miss-telegram. Accessed April 22, 2025.

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| | |NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & ED. FUND| Suite 2030 
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June 15, 1965 
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI--Civil rights demonstrators are being defended 
by a team of legal organizations, working under the general super- 
vision of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. The organizations cooperating 

zi with the fund are the President's Committee for Civil Rights Under 
Law, the Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee. Up to the minute 
Checks on legal developments may be secured by calling the Jackson 
office of the Fund's counsel there. 601-352-8243 Night Number 
601-362~4585, 

Jesse DeVore, Jr., Director 
Public Information 
NAACP LEGAL DEF ENSE& EDUCATIONAL FUND 
10 Columbus Circle Suite 2030 
New York City JUdson 6-8397

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