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NAACP — Part 7
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The July 1, 1957, Metro-Final Edition of the
Detroit Free Press," page 3, column 7, carried an article
captioned "Laws Alone Not Enough, NAACP Told." This:
article reports that 3 men, THURGOOD MARSHALL, JACKIE
ROBINSON, and ROY WILKINS, addressed the nearly 15,000
persons attending the final session of the NAACP Convention
on Sunday, June 30, at the Olympia in Detroit.
THURGOOD MARSHALL, in his address, touched
on the school desegregation problem and on restrictive
covenerts in housing. ROY WILKINS wes reported as
asking for "White House” assistance in the present
"desegregation crisis."
JACKIE ROBINSON, described as the first
Regro to penetrate the color bar in major league baseball,
pleaded for greater financial support to the NAACP.
II. COMMUNIST PARTY EFFORTS TO
INFILTRATE CONVENTION
A. Commnist Part Partict ation in Convention
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