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Source Collection
Benjamin Lawson Hooks papers, Preservation and Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
psc.mss0445.349_34.606_02
Description
Press release attached: "NAACP Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins (second from right) congratulates lawyers and greets delegation from Alabama following argument in the United States Supreme Court contesting the $100,000 contempt of court fine levied against the NAACP by an Alabama Judge. Shown here in a reception room of Court House are, left to right, Emory Co. Jackson, editor, The Birmingham World; W.c. Patten, former president of the Alabama State NAACP; Frank Reeves, Washington attorney; Robert L. Carter, NAACP general counsel, who prsented the case to the court; Arthur D. Shores, Birmingham attorney; Mrs. Ruby Hurley, NAACP southeast regional secretary; mr. Wilkins; and John Leflore, former president, Mobile NAACP branch."
Date Created
6-2-2021
Date
January 1958
Recommended Citation
Sorrell, Maurice, "Roy Wilkins with NAACP Lawyers after Supreme Court Decision" (2021). Benjamin Lawson Hooks Papers images. 417.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-0445-hooks-gallery1/417
Keywords
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
