Report on the Hinds County Board of Education
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November 29, 1971

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Press Releases, Volume 6. Black Perspective Journalist Organization to Hold Press Conference (Telegram); LDF to Defend Bobby Seale (Telegram), 1970. 2d4c69f7-b992-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/056b5f8d-7107-4d1d-aae8-9cc33078320b/black-perspective-journalist-organization-to-hold-press-conference-telegram-ldf-to-defend-bobby-seale-telegram. Accessed August 19, 2025.
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or 95 CHARGE TO THE ACEC : WESTERN UNION ara af TELEGRAM aa | Send the following message, subject to the terms on back hereof, which are hereby & Ed.Fund NYC_10019 Defense Circle, =— 1970 agreed to Feb. 13, Black Perspective, a membership organization of black journalists and photogrpphers in the N.Y. met opolitan area, will hold a press conference on Sunday, February 15, at 2:00 p.m. in the offices of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), 10 Columbus Circle, Suite 2030, New York City. The group will discuss the Justice Department's subpoena off Earl Cai@we{1l of THR NEW YORK TIMES S, government interference in the journalism profession, and their response to any similar attempts in the future. Charles J. Hayes Director of Public Information NA®CP Legal Defense & Education Fund 10 Columbus Circle New York, N.Y. 10019 Tetephone: 212-Ju 6-8397 WU1206(R2-65) Z_DOMESTIC SERVICE ‘Check the class ofservicedesired; ‘otherwise this message will be sent as a fast telegram TELEGRAM DAY LETTER & NIGHT LETTER ? : WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM Z INTERNATIONAL SERVICE Check the class of service desired: therwise the message will be serene oF the fall rate FULL RATE TELEGRAM NO. WOS-L OF Ve, | POOR COL, [CASH NO. | CHARGE TO TRE ACOOUNT OF T cereby agreed ‘Send the following message, subject to the terms on back hereof, which are hereby agreed to Z fs ; Even if there is disruption at a trial, it may be the price we have to their judgment, is best for their clients. counted »on to discount personal conduct of counsel, and apply the law." WU1206(R2-65) be The judge and jury can ascertain the truth Charles J. Hayes Directorof Public Information NAACP Legal Defense Fund James Sas News Director WNEW-TV 205 E. 67 St. New York, N.Y. Jack Levine News Director WOR-TV 1440 B'way New York, N.Y. TIME Mag ne Mr. Norma SATURDAY REVIEW 380 Madison Ave. New York, N.Y. LOS ANGELES TIMES 220 E. 42 St. New York, N.Y. 1271 Ave. of Americas New York, N.Y. 866 United Nations Plaza Room 4021 New York, N.Y. t 1 1 t f t t t ' ' 1 ‘ 1 1 1 1 1 1 ‘ 1 t ' 1 1 ' t 1 1 1 1 City Desk THE NEW YORK TIMES 229 W. 43 St. NYC 75 West St. New York, N.Y. Mr. William Clabby WALL ST. JOURNAL 30 Broad St. NYC Bureau Chief ASSOCIATED PRESS 50 Rockefeller Plaza Bureau Chief UPI 220 EH. 42 St. nyc Mr. Bobbie Barbee JET 1270 Ave. of Americas YC. MVS TERD: 2340 Eighth Ave. NYC News Desk ABC Radio 1330 Ave. New York, of the Ar icas New York 10019 WABC Radio Ranxs 1330 Ave. New York, of the Americas New York 10019 CBS Radio 51 West 52 Street New York, N.Y. News Desk WCBS radio 51 W. 52 St. New York, N.Y. 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National News Editor NEW YORK POST 75 West Street New York, New York 10006 National News Editor THE NEW YORK TIMES 229 West 43 Street New York, New York Bureau Chief ASSOCIATED PRESS 50 Rockefeller Plaza 4th floor New York, New York Bureau Chief UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL 220 East 42nd Street New York, New York 10017 MULTIPLE-ADDRESSED TELEGRAMS “™”™ The dispatch of multiple-addressed telegrams will be expedited if the addresses are typewritten on this form. Place one address in each perforated section. Only one copy of the text is required. ~ THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY Mr. Jesse Walker AMSTERDAM NEWS 2340 Eighth Avenue New York, New York 10027 Mr. Bobbie Barbee JET 1270 Ave. of Americas New York, New York 10026 J. Anthony Lukas THE NEW YORK TIMES 11 East Walton Chicago, Ill. J_DOMESTIC SERVICE INTERNATIO Check the class ofservice desired, ‘Check the cla fared: otherwise this message will be pears: 5 sent as a fast telegram TELEGRAM xx NIGHT LETTER Src. OF SVG] POOR COLL [CASH NO. | CHARGE 10 THE ACCOUNT OF pd NAACP Legal Defense Fund’ %-¥- 10 Columbus Circle, Suite 2030 Send the following message, subject to the terms on back hereof, which are hereby agreed to February 18, 1970 [ro LDF TO DEFEND BOBBY SEALE Jack Greenberg, Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) announced today that the Fund will represent Black Panther leader Bobby G. Seale in the appeal of the four year contempt sentence imposed on him by U.S. District Judge Julius Hoffman. "The Legal Defense Fund is entering the case at the request of Black Panther attorney Charles Garry, and will handle Seale's case in collaboration with Mr. Garry's office." Some of the points that will be raised on behalf of Mr. Seale are also applicable to the case of the lawyers and defendants who were recently held in contempt by Judge Hoffman. The Fund is representing Mr. Seale for the same reason that it joined with a score of national organizations and leaders in a committee headed by Roy Wilkins and Arthur Goldberg to investigate the treatment of Black Panthers at the hands of the police and prosecutors. Mr. Greenberg stated that “it is important that the Panthers and their leaders be accorded the fullest protection of the Constitution _ at a time when too many public officials are striving for shortcuts in i law enforcement and the suppression of militant dissent. Because of the fpartiwubar-stegard in which Panthers are held by many members of the black + community, their treatment by the law teaches more than a volume of 7 DOMESTIC SERVICE * / INTERNATIONAL SERVICE \ oe Ce . b 5 » \ oar the message will be TELEGRAM core | __CASH NO] CHARGE TO THE AGOOUNT OF T THe FED ] Send the following message, subject to the cerms on back Kereof, which are hereby agreed to preaching on constttutional protection." The appeal is being directed by Michael Meltsner, First Assistant Counsel of the Fund, who will be assisted by staff counsel Conrad K. Harper, Elizabeth B. DuBois and Eric Schnapper. In the case of Mr. Seale, the Fund will raise the following consti- tutional arguments: I. Seale's conviction violated his right to jury trial. II. Seale's conviction violated his right to counsel. III. Seale's conviction violated Due Process because his case was tried by a judge who had shown dislike for appellant and his co-defendants. Iv. Seale's conviction violated Due Process because he was not afforded a full hearing. Other issues will be present as weil. In the case of the lawyers, Mr. Greenberg stated, there is the additional factor that "the staffering sentences, up to four years, may ihhibit others when caléed upon to represent politically unpopular clients? , €