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BH 77-1874 On September 13, 1961, the records of the Jefferson County Circuit Court were examined and were found to reflect the following information: On March 2, 1956, four separate suits were filed Trbpber Se ee | a ae a eee inst TEORGOOD MARSHALL and others. These were similar s and were filed b for. aw sul it and were n ered 36079 through 36082. Prior to March 2, 1956, THURGOOD MARSHALL and others brought Civil Action Number 652 againstqggyyyD accusing them of conspiring to defy an injunction order, and aiding in the rejection of as a student at the University of Alabama, and having bhre ewww, with bodily harm. On February 29, 1956, THURGOOD MARSHALL moved to dismiss the above Civil Action Number 652, de- claring that he had no proof that the charges were true. The above mentioned suits were filed against the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, THURGOOD MARSHALL, and others, i “and one million dollars damages was asked for in each suit. In summary, each suit alleged that defendants charged the plaintiffs with contemptuous disobedience of a Federal Court Order and of commission of divers crimes including partici- pation in breaches of the peace; that all such charges hrought by NAACP lawyers against plaintiffs were dismissed in open court; that were both graduates of Miles Negro College, Birmingham and had been approached by agents of NAACP, who agreed to pay each $300 a month plus court costs and attorney fees to seek admission as <b .:: students at the University of Alabama; that was of loose morals, when applying for entrance, being unmarried but with child; tha sub- sequent marriage t prior to birth of child, aid not_ameliorate her mora tness; that NAACP lawyers, ntered into a conspiracy to simulate a cause of action against plaintiffs for the purpose of pro= moting a scheme to destroy racial integrity and to force the presence and social association of Negroes on members of the white race and for the purpose of advancing their own financia fe oe fre fen te nanan go a pgm tee ae te A eget eee een: