Black Citizen's Organization Suit Against City of Lackawanna, NY (Telegram)

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October 13, 1970

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Press Releases, Volume 6. Black Citizen's Organization Suit Against City of Lackawanna, NY (Telegram), 1970. 60a19a46-ba92-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/fa26aa14-ddf0-4662-a2e2-4ed8bfa3afb9/black-citizens-organization-suit-against-city-of-lackawanna-ny-telegram. Accessed December 04, 2025.

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    NAACP Lega oneiiycel Bas 
10 Columbus Circle 

October 13, 1970 

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second C§rcuit in N.Y¥.C. will hear arguments 

tomorrow (October 1#) in a case involving efforts of a black citizens' or- 

ganization in Lackawanna, N.¥., to construct homes outside the City's all- 

black First Ward in an area almost exclusively white. The appeal, brought 

by the City, seeks reversal of a ruling by the U Distwict Court in 

Buffalo which ordered it to take affirmative ac to permit construction 

of the development, by e Kennedy rk Homes Association. Kennedy Park is a 

non-profit housing corporation formed in 1968 by a group of black citizens 

in reaction to the deplorable conditions under which Lackawanna's baacks 

have been forced to live. 

Lackawanna is that of a 

natory official actions 

These actions include t 

residential to park 

refusal to approve 

tem. NAACP Legal De 

Davidson wil 

rezoning of the proposed site from 

i after litigation was begun), and the Mayor's 

application to use the municiapl sewer sys- 

Inc. (LDF) attorney Michael 

uctive tactics 

d the Fair Hous- 

fs are Buffalo attorney Will 

LDF Assistant Counsel Jeff- 

ry A. Mintz U.S. ved in January 1969 in sup- 

port of Lackawanna’ also seeking to uphold the 

district court's or thi al. for f ation, call attor- 

ney Mintz at 212~JU668397. 

ing Act o 

Gibson, LDF 

Barbara Reines 

Assistant Director 

Public Emfetbenson 
NAACP Legal Defense & Educational 

Fund 

10 Columbus Circle Suite 2030 

New York, New York 10019 

City Desk 
New York Bureau Courier-Express = 

30 Broad St. 
New York, N.Y. 

Buffalo, N.Y. 14240 

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