South Carolina Negro Charges Discrimination in Upgrading
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July 29, 1965

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Press Releases, Volume 3. South Carolina Negro Charges Discrimination in Upgrading, 1965. d1591529-b692-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/e1f4fcc9-f052-4a84-ad15-fb96f25d1ec2/south-carolina-negro-charges-discrimination-in-upgrading. Accessed May 21, 2025.
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10 Columbus Circle New York, N.Y. 10019 JUdson 6-8397 NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund PRESS RELEASE De: Alla: Kulght Chaliters FOR RELEASE we Thursday July 29, 1965 SOUTH CAROLINA NEGRO CHARGES DISCRIMINATION IN UPGRADING "Rights Groups Begin to Move Under Title VII WASHINGTON--A Negro employee of the Draper Corporation's East Spartanburg Plant today filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission here charging discrimination in upgrading. The complaint was filed in his behalf by the NAACP ent the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, following investigations by Marvin E. Maynor, Legal Defense Fund field worker stationed at the NAACP. headquarters, 2022 Taylor Street, Columbia. 3! The two organizations are conducting a drive to speedyenf orce~ ment of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the section designed to end employment discrimination by firms hiring more than ib workers. Ten Legal Defense Fund field workers are presently &ngaged in a program across the south. The field workers cooper te: closely with NAACP chapters and other civic and civil rights organizations. fs -30- R I , Jesse DeVore, Jr., Director of Public Information—Night Number 212 Riverside 9-8487