Southern Schools Desegregation Press Conference (Telegram)

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November 14, 1965

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Press Releases, Volume 3. Southern Schools Desegregation Press Conference (Telegram), 1965. f80f4c77-b692-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/d2b868e8-e92b-4dc8-afeb-a3e72ebf9f01/southern-schools-desegregation-press-conference-telegram. Accessed October 08, 2025.

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(See attached list) November 14, 1965 

Sweeping proposals for speeding the pace of Southern school 
desegregation will be revealed Tuesday, November 16th at a press 
conference held jointly by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational 
Fund and the American Friends Service Committee. 

Spokesmen for the two groups will outline 20 proposals for more 
effective implementation of school desegregation mandates. The 
proposals are contained in a 50-page memorandum to John W, Gardner, 
secretary of Health, Education and V&fare. 

@ press conference will be at 11 AM in the Congressional Room of 
the Hotel Willard, Washington, D. C. 

The Legal Defense Fund, the "legal arm" of the entire Civil Rights 
Movement, and AFSC, a religious organization that has not been specifically 

involved in Civil Rights, have combined to form the unique Task Force ; 

Open Schools. ’ 
Based on the combined experience of the Legal Defense Fund in 

litigating school desegregation cases, and AFSC in promoting community 

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