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BH 77-1874 interests and to obtain contributions to a fund of which defendants were to be beneficiaries; that plaintiffs had been slandered, libeled, greatly inconvenienced, harrassed, annoyed, and caused to suffer great mental anguish for which punitive and compensatory damageswere claimed. These suits charged that THURGOOD MARSHALL and others accused ith con- Spiring to defy an injunction order and aiding in the rejec- tion of as a student at the University of Alabama and having threatene ith bodily harm and b7G having incited ricts and civil disorder and with the com- Mission of other criminal acts. ‘These suits charged that THURGOOD MARSHALL, among others, knew that such charges were false. The above mentioned four suits against the NAACP, MARSHALL, and others were set for hearing on January 28, 1957, and continued by consent on that date. These cases are still on the Docket and have not been tried. The Birmingham News for April 27, 1948, printed an article entitled “First Suit Is Filed Against Boswell Rule by Birmingham Negro," ‘This article stated that a suit was brought b Negro resident of Birming- ham, against three members of the Jefferson County Board of Registrars as defendants. This article said that it was a class suit brought on behalf of “all qualified Negroes in C Jefferson County." The suit was filed, according to the b7S Birmingham News, b THURGOOD MARSHALL, Negro attorneys. Also named as defendants were and This article said that the suit charged that the Boswell Amendment was "illegal and unconstitutional. That the Boswell Amendment required that voters be able to read and understand the constitution of the United States and the republican form of government and be of good moral character." The article quoted Qa s saying that he applied for registration on February 5, 1948, and correctly answered questions about the constitution, and that he was ref registration QQ maccused the Board of Registrars of making a habit of refusing to register qualified Negro citizer of Jefferson County on the "pretext that they were unable to understand and explain the constitution. -3*. % / -