Georgia Prince Hall Masons Open Legal Defense Special Fund Raising Drive with $6,500
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February 11, 1955

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Press Releases, Loose Pages. Georgia Prince Hall Masons Open Legal Defense Special Fund Raising Drive with $6,500, 1955. 2fe7261b-bc92-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/f5505213-1c7c-4184-a2c8-7aa0b2aea05f/georgia-prince-hall-masons-open-legal-defense-special-fund-raising-drive-with-6-500. Accessed July 20, 2025.
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@ PRESS RELEASE 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. =30-