LDF v. Bias Against Negro Employees in Mississippi (Telegram)

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June 7, 1967

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Press Releases, Volume 4. LDF v. Bias Against Negro Employees in Mississippi (Telegram), 1967. b2e51dea-b792-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/d94a5366-1cae-413f-a59a-5ff9c8700c50/ldf-v-bias-against-negro-employees-in-mississippi-telegram. Accessed December 05, 2025.

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June 7, 1967

NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC, (LDF) ATTORNEYS TODAY LAUNCHED

MAJOR ATTACK TO END. JOB BIAS AGAINST NEGRO EMPLOYEES IN CIVIL SUIT FILED

IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT COURT IN JACKSON, MISS, CO-DEFENDANTS, THE INTER}

NATIONAL PAPER COMPANY AND SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL WORKERS UNIONS, WERE

CHARGED WITH ENGAGING IN PRACTICES WHICH ARE “INTENDED TO AND HAVE THE

EFFECT OF RESTRICTING NEGROES TO LOWER PAYING JOBS," SPECIFICALLY, THE

CHARGES ARE: 1) ARTIFICIAL SENIORITY LINES DRAWN TO LIMIT EMPLOYMENT AND

PROMOTIONAL OPPCRTUNITIES OF NEGRO EMPLOYEES, 2) INSTITUTION OF A POLICY

REQUIRING JOB TRANSFER APPLICANTS TO TAKE AND PASS UNPROFESSLONALLY DEVELOPED

TESTS WHICH HAVE NO REASONABLE RELATIONSHIP TO THE JOB, 3) SEGREGATED LOCKER

AND SHOWER FACILITIES. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT LDF ATTORNEY PAUL

BREST, 5384 N. FARISH ST., JACKSON, MISS., TELEPHONE 601-352-8243.

Tiru Irani
Associate Director of Public Information

NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.

10 Columbus Circle, New York, N.¥. 10019

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