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1964-06-11 NAACP Newsletter, Fort Madison Branch Page 2

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period, last year, (January 1st to May 28th), and that Freedom Fund contributions had increased 65% for the same period. Thus, statistics continue to show that the oldest civil rights organization is not dying as some would seem to hope. Instead, the NAACP continues to gather strength and support as it battles for the rights of man!
Selma, Alabama's Jim Clark was recently honored by a nationwide Sheriff's association by being named to head the organization, next year. It is frightening to think that an association of the nation's law enforcement officers are in agreement with Sheriff Clark's indiscriminate use of cattle prods, lighted cigarettes, night stick horses and fire hoses on other human beings whose only real crime is in their insistence on being granted that which belongs to them, ... the rights of citizenship!
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Attorneys continue to defend 1500 of the more than 3400 citizens arrested in Selma; dismissal of the others has been secured. They are pressing for a Federal Court ruling that would speed registration procedures and seeking a contempt of court conviction of Dallas County Sheriff, James Clark. In all, ten Federal court cases continue to be litigated! Selma requires the services of four staff lawyers. The staff is composed of 17 full-time lawyers and 120 cooperating lawyers and has become the legal arm of the entire civil rights movement.
During 1964, the Legal Defense Fund received contributions from tens of thousands of concerned citizens, for disbursing foundations, and from organized groups totaling $1,538,098.84. Contributions are urgently needed to continue the legal battle for human rights. All contributions are tax-deductible.
'There is a destiny that makes us brothers
None goes his way alone.
All that we send into the lives of others
Comes back into our own!
- Markham
Title VII of the Civil Rights Law of 1964 became effective, July 22, 1964. It, for the first time, provides a clear statutory basis for securing fair employment practices throughout the American economy and authorizes the U.S. Government to use its vast authority and power against the most widespread and destructive denial of civil rights - racial discrimination in employment. During the first year the law is applicable to employers of 100 or more employees and to labor organizations with 100 or more members. There minimums are lowered to 75 during the second year, 50 during the third year, and 25 thereafter. The principal administrative responsibility under Title VII has been assigned to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission created in Section 705 of the law. This commission, consisting of five members is chaired by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. Incidentally, Region IV's Attorney Samuel Jackson of Topeka Kansas was one of the appointees to this newly established commission.
Observations for the 56th Annual Convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People!
Headquarters for the convention was the Denver Hilton Hotel. Most meetings took place within the building and with all of the interesting and constructive sessions to be attended, one had little free time to wander around the city. A great many delegates, including those from Fort Madison, spent the first day or two, trying to

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-2- period, last year, (January 1st to May 28th), and that Freedom Fund contributions had increased 65% for the same period. Thus, statistics continue to show that the oldest civil rights organization is not dying as some would seem to hope. Instead, the NAACP continues to gather strength and support as it battles for the rights of man! Selma, Alabama's Jim Clark was recently honored by a nationwide Sheriff's association by being named to head the organization, next year. It is frightening to think that an association of the nation's law enforcement officers are in agreement with Sheriff Clark's indiscriminate use of cattle prods, lighted cigarettes, night stick horses and fire hoses on other human beings whose only real crime is in their insistence on being granted that which belongs to them, ... the rights of citizenship! NAACP Legal Defense Fund Attorneys continue to defend 1500 of the more than 3400 citizens arrested in Selma; dismissal of the others has been secured. They are pressing for a Federal Court ruling that would speed registration procedures and seeking a contempt of court conviction of Dallas County Sheriff, James Clark. In all, ten Federal court cases continue to be litigated! Selma requires the services of four staff lawyers. The staff is composed of 17 full-time lawyers and 120 cooperating lawyers and has become the legal arm of the entire civil rights movement. During 1964, the Legal Defense Fund received contributions from tens of thousands of concerned citizens, for disbursing foundations, and from organized groups totaling $1,538,098.84. Contributions are urgently needed to continue the legal battle for human rights. All contributions are tax-deductible. 'There is a destiny that makes us brothers None goes his way alone. All that we send into the lives of others Comes back into our own! - Markham Title VII of the Civil Rights Law of 1964 became effective, July 22, 1964. It, for the first time, provides a clear statutory basis for securing fair employment practices throughout the American economy and authorizes the U.S. Government to use its vast authority and power against the most widespread and destructive denial of civil rights - racial discrimination in employment. During the first year the law is applicable to employers of 100 or more employees and to labor organizations with 100 or more members. There minimums are lowered to 75 during the second year, 50 during the third year, and 25 thereafter. The principal administrative responsibility under Title VII has been assigned to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission created in Section 705 of the law. This commission, consisting of five members is chaired by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. Incidentally, Region IV's Attorney Samuel Jackson of Topeka Kansas was one of the appointees to this newly established commission. Observations for the 56th Annual Convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People! Headquarters for the convention was the Denver Hilton Hotel. Most meetings took place within the building and with all of the interesting and constructive sessions to be attended, one had little free time to wander around the city. A great many delegates, including those from Fort Madison, spent the first day or two, trying to