Georgia Prince Hall Masons Open Legal Defense Special Fund Raising Drive with $6,500

Press Release
February 11, 1955

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NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND 
107 WEST 43 STREET * NEW YORK 36, N. Y¥. © JUdson 6-8397 
ARTHUR B. SPINGARN THURGOOD MARSHALL 
President Director and Counsel 

WALTER WHITE ya ROBERT L. CARTER 
Secretary S- Assistant Counsel 

ALLAN KNIGHT CHALMERS L ARNOLD DE MILLE 
Treasurer Press Relations 

GEORGIA PRINCE HALL MASONS OPEN LEGAL DEFENSE 
SPECIAL FUND RAISING DRIVE WITH $6,500 February 11, 19% 

NEW YORK,.--Grand Master John Dobbs of the Georgia Prince Hall 

Masons gave a big push to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund 

1955 special fund raising campaign last week with a check for $6,500.00 

from the Georgia Jurisdiction Masons, 

The Legal Defense 1955 special campaign began February 5 and will 

continue for thirteen weeks. It has the support of the entire Negro 

press with 8. members of the National Newspapers Publishers Association 

pledging extensive drives. 

Grand Master Dobbs and the Georgia Jurisdiction Masons are annual 

contributors to NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. The Prince 

Hall Masons contribute {25,000 annually to Legal Defense and maintains 

the Prince Hall Masons Legal Research Department. 

Leaders in the religious, labor and business fields will contrib- 

ute weekly articles on why the Legal Defense should be supported. 

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