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 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.
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