National Negro Business and Professional Commitee for the Legal Defense Fund

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March 25, 1967

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Press Releases, Volume 4. National Negro Business and Professional Commitee for the Legal Defense Fund, 1967. 49e60aac-b792-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/d1c7f6e0-7c36-4184-8a4a-5211ee0c910f/national-negro-business-and-professional-commitee-for-the-legal-defense-fund. Accessed January 10, 2026.

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    National Negro Business and Professional Committee 
for the 

Legal Defense Fund 

Mrs. Virginia H.B. Akridge, civic and social leader in Atlanta, Ga. 

Mr. Clark Brown, Undertaker, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 

Mr. Robert Brown, President B & C Associates, High Point, North 

Carolina 

Mr. Carl Carroll, Chairman-president, Riverside National Bank, 

Houston, Texas 

Dr. J. S. Chandler, Medical Doctor, Muskogee, Oklahoma 

Dr. Daniel A. Collins, Dentist and member of the California State 
Board of Public Education 

Mr. Edward Davis, President, Davis Motor Sales Co., Detroit, Michig: 

Dr. Hubert Eaton, Owner ofaHospital in Wilmington North Carolina 

Mr. Murray T. Freeman, President, Freeman Enterprises, Port Athur, 
Texas 

Mr. C.A. Galloway, President, Negro Chamber of Commerce, Dallas, 
Texas 

Mr. Mack H. Hannah, Jr., Investment Banker; President, Standard 
Savings Association, Houston, Texas 

Mr. George S. Harris, President, Chicago Metropolitan Mutual 
Assurance Company, Chicago, Illinois 

Judge William H. Hastie, Federal Judge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvani 

Dr. William Hayling, Prominent Surgeon in Newark, New Jersey 

Dr. G. Lamar Harrison, Retired President of Langston University, 
Langston, Oklahoma 

Dr. Alphonse Heningburg, Educator, St. Albans, New York 

Donald L. Hollowell, Attorney from Atlanta, Georgia 

Mr. Norman 0. Houston, Chairman and Chief Executive officer of the 
Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company, 
Los. Angeles, California 

Mr. Leroy W. Jeffries, Vice President, Johnson Publishing Company, 
representing John H. Johnson, president of 
the company, Chicago, Illinois. 

Mr. J. H. Jemison, President, Franklin Beauty College, Houston, 
Texas 

Dr. S.O. Johnson, Psychiatrist, Detroit, Michigan 

Mr. Leon Jordan, Real Estate Operator, retired police lieutenant 
and internationally known expert in police ad- 
ministration; ‘member, state legislature. 

Dr. Percy L. Julian, President, Julian Laboratories, Oak Park, 
Illinois 

Dr. Perry P. Little, Dentist, High Point, North Carolina 

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Mrs. 

Dr. 

Dr. 

Alice R. Mollison, Widow of Judge Irving Mollison 

Von D. Mizell, Surgeon and hospital owner in Fort Lauderdale 
Florida 

F. D. Moon, Executive of the Oklahoma Baptist Convention 

J. Leslie Patton, Principal, Booker T. Washington Technical 
High School, Dallas, Texas 

F. H. Purnell, President, Fairchilds Purnell Mortuaries, 
Houston, Texas 

Judson W. Robinson, Sr., President, Judson Robinson & Sons 
Mortgage Company, Houston, Texas 

Carl Russell, President, Russell Funeral Home; also Mayor 
Pro-Tem of Winston-Salem, North Carolina 

George L. Shelton, Medical Doctor, Dallas, Texas 

George Simkins, Dentist and civic leader, Greensboro, North 
Carolina 

J. J. Simmons, Sr., Independent oil producer in Oklahoma and 
Nigeria, Muskogee, Oklahoma 

H. H. Southall, President, Southern Aid Life Insurance Company, 
Richmond, Virginia 

Asa T. Spaulding, President, North Carolina Mutual Life 

Insurance Company, Durham, North Carolina 

J. S. Stewart, President, Mutual Savings & Loan Association, 
Durham, North Carolina 

R. B. Taylor, Sr., Physician, Okmulgee, Oklahoma 

Julian B. Wilkins, Attorney and President of Seaway National 
Bank, Chicago, Illinois 

Business and professional leaders unable to attend because of 
other commitments who nevertheless wrote, wired and called in 
their pledges of support: 

Judge Raymond Pace Alexander, Judge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

Mr. 

Mr. 

Mr. 

Mr. 

Mr. 

Mr. 

Felton J. Capel, Mayor Pro-Tem, Southern Pines, North Carolina 

Earl B. Dickerson, President, Supreme Liberty Life Insurance 
Company of America, Chicago, Illinois 

A. G. Gaston, President of Gaston Enterprises, Birmingham, Alab 

Amos T. Hall, Attorney in Tulsa, Oklahoma 

Ben Johnson, President, Ben Johr.son Funeral Homes, Natchitoches 
Louisiana ; 

John H. Johnson, President, Johnson Publishing Company, Chicago 
Illinois 

Mrs. Rose Morgan, President, House of Beauty, New York, New York 

Mr. 

Mr. 

Maceo 0. Walker, Insurance Executive, Memphis, Tennessee 

John H. Wheeler, President, Mechanics & Farmers Bank, Durham, 
North Carolina

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