LDF Receives Donation from Herman Goldman Foundation for Juvenile Justice Litigation Program
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March 18, 1973
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From: Ss. Anna Frank
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
10 Columbus Circle
New York, New York 10019
Telephone: (212) 586-8397
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEW YORK, N.Y., March 18 -- The Herman Goldman Foundation has
awarded $30,000 to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund to support
a litigation program in juvenile justice, it was announced today by
Jack Greenberg, the fund's director-counsel.
The grant will be used to help correct conditions of incarceration
in children's institutions and protect the legal rights of children who are
caught up in juvenile courts, often without legal aid. The program, in
addition, will attempt to limit and define categories of punishable
offenses for which children can be jailed.
In accepting the grant on behalf of the Legal Defense Fund,
Mr. Greenberg noted that juvenile offenders are generally deprived of rights
guaranteed to adults. "The Herman Goldman Foundation's generous gift,"
he said, "will enable us to take on a larger number of cases, deal with a
larger number of important legal issues, and help us build a substantive
body of law.
"Once we have accomplished this objective, individuals and
organizations throughout the country will be able to protect helpless
(more)
children caught up in the toils of the juvenile courts -- as well as
about 100,000 children now detained in jails or jail-like places."
The Herman Goldman Foundation, founded in 1943, provides
support for programs in the New York City area concerned with health,
social development and justice, education and the arts. It also assists
organizations seeking to overcome problems of the economically and
socially deprived on a national basis.
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Note to Editor: The Legal Defense Fund is a completely separate
organization even though we were established by
the NAACP and those initials are retained in our
name. Our correct designation is NAACP Legal
Defense and Educational Fund, frequently shortened
to LDF.