Routing of Interstate Highway Thru Nashville Negro District Temporarily Halted by LDF Suit

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November 18, 1967

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NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. ‘efense 10 Columbus Circle, New York, N.Y 10019 * JUdson 6-8397

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SATURDAY
November 18, 1967

ROUTING OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY
THRU NASHVILLE NEGRO DISTLicT
TEMPORARILY HALTED BY LDF if

Fisk, Meharry, Vanderbilt and cthers In Jeopardy

NASEVILLE---Construction of an interstate highway that could have breught "destruc n and irreparable damage to mw eges, universities, sch 3.3, churc} ng S -8 city was ha this week by the Nz, legal Defense and Educa- zonal Fund, Inc. (LDF).

LOF attorneys won a + orary restraining order in the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

« Greenberg, LDF director-counsel, aid t ri rks the 2 thet highway construction has been halved via litigation On racial claims."

IDF attorneys will appear in the U.S. Court of Appeals in incinneti on Decerbar & to present oral argument to sustain their porary victory.

Governor Buford B11: gton, Highways Spright, nd Nashville Msyor Beveriy Briley.
It said the officials erred on the follcwing grounds:
* no public hearing was held to scuss construction plans pricr to their approval and implewentation

the highway was arbitrarily routed through the Negro district
the routing was not coordinated with any comprehensive plan of land use.

LDF attorneys are representing the Nashville I-40 Steering Com- mittee, an uninco: cat gtoup of Negro and white citizens formed te protect the Norith Naz hville section of the city.

Among the institutions tepresented on the Committee are Fisk and : Pe: Vanderki 1 ¢ dy, and Meharry Medic. Coll 4 éPau ool.

Others include the Metropolitan Human Re Nashville Christian Lead hip Conference, th Publishing Board, and nv lerous local church g.

LDF attorney Avon Williams is the local counsel, He is joined by IDF Director-Coungel Greenberg, James M. Nabrit fII, Charles n. 8, Jx., and Michael Davidson, all of New York City.

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: The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is a arate and disti: - Crganization from the Nw: ACP, serving as the legal arm of the entire civil rights movement anc representing mem- bers of all groups as well as unaffiliated individuals.

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