Manuscript/Mixed Material NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. Mississippi (criminal law, Miss.); Correspondence and background material, 1961-1963, undated
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Image 1 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FURD BOX 22 rover CASE FILE le le a M
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 2 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … November 6 1961 Mr R Jess Brown 11054 Washington Street Vicksburg Misstanipps Dear Jess We have begun preparing the papers necessary to file a petition for habeas corpus in the federal court…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 3 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … December 4 1961 Mr Derrick A Bell Jr Suite 1790 10 Columbus Circle New York 19 New York Dear Derrick When I returned from Montgomery your letter was here We have not…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 4 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … N A AC P LecaL Derense AND EpucationAL FunD INC 10 Columbus Circle New York 19 N Y JUDSON 68397 CONSTANCE BAKER MOTLEY ACK GREENBERG ALLAN KNIGHT CHALMERS J Associa Con gsel…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 5 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … NA AC P LecAL Derense AND EpucATionAL FunD INC 10 Columbus Circle New York 19 N Y JUDSON 668397 ALLAN KNIGHT CHALMERS JACK GREENBERG CONSTANCE BAKER MOTLEY President General Counsel Associate Counsel…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 6 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … June 21 1962 UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JACKSON MISSISSIPPI Re Clyde Kennard 38CM UMC Hospital 94717 J One of your inmates Clyde Kennard a 34 year old colored male was admitted to the University…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 7 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … DISCHARGE SUMMARY Kennard Clyde UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL History No 94717 JACKSON MISSISSIPPI ADM 41162 DIS 42462 This 34 year old colored male was admitted with a mass in the left colon The patient…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 8 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … v Ys State of Mississippi ROSS R BARNETT GOVERNOR ELMER B HILLMAN MEMBER MARTIN FRALEY CHAIRMAN RICHTON CORINTH THOMAS B SHELTON EXECUTIVE OFFICER JACKSON TOM HARPOLE MEMBER PARCHMAN CLAUDE M DAVIS MEMBER…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 9 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … LAW OFFICES OF R JESS BROWN SUITE 203 204 ABRAHAM BUILDING 4 15052 WASHINGTON STREET A VICKSBURG MISSISSIPPI Office 4 4 f S89 Qatober 9th 1962 Mr Derick 4 Bell Jr Attorney…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 10 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … December 4 1962 Mr Rs Jess Brown Attorney At Law 125 N Farish Street Jackson Mississippi Dear Jess Here is a list of the witnesses who testified in the Clyde Kennard trial…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 11 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … COPY OF DISCHARGE SUMMARIES AND LETTER piscuarce soeury Aok 114 UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JACKSON MISSISSIPPI NAME KENNARD CLYDE NO 94717 ADM 31962 DIS 32662 This was the first University Medical Center admission for…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 12 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … Page 2 NAME KENNARD CLYDE NO 94717 The patient was started on these medications The patients case was discussed with the attending staff and the Medical Staff and it was felt that…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 13 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … UO pW we aa 8 7 aie ele a sje oe se se fe se oe 1255 Nerth Farish Street Jacksen Mississippi January 19th 1963 Mr Co E Breazeale Superintendant Mississippi State…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 14 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … Bow ik Mr Breazeale page 2 Realizing that I wee unable te see my client en my first visit te your prisem I centacted the Geverners Office and as a results of…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 15 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … One Mississippi Negro Who Didnt Go to College RONALD A AMES H MEREDITH was not the first Negro to seek the educa tional opportunities offered at Mis sissippis allwhite universities Two others…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 16 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … an unpleasant topic for any election campaign Kennard was told that he could select any college in America that would accept him and that the state of Mississippi would pay his expenses…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 17 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … ut And Mississippi Southern does not deal in forged documents He disclaimed any knowledge of a meet ing with the governor denied that there was any communication be tween Mississippi Southern and…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 18 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … Robertss testimony that supported the charge of his being an accessory to burglary Under the Mississippi Code Every person who shall be an accessory to any felony before the fact shall be…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 19 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … SUMMARY OF TESTIMONY IN CLYDE KENNARD i BURGLARY TRIAL ON JURY DISCRIMINATION ISSUE Theron C Lvnd Circuit Clerk Pg 7891 Clvde Easterling Chancery Clerk Pg 98102 71 Held office since January 1960…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 20 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … Milton Evans Supt of Ed 103107 Joe R Xing County Atty 108112 James Finch Dei A fOr County 113116 not know if Negroes called or served in 1960 or 59 0r58 100…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 21 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … H H Bell MemberBoard Supervisors 117120 Ls G lao MemberBoard Supervisors 121124 Selby Bowling MemberBoard Supervisors 125129 117 On Board for 8 years lived in County 38 years not know whether any…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 22 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … J A P Carter MemberBoard Supervisors 130133 WW H Butler MemberBoard Supervisors 134135 Harold Cubley Former Cty Attorney 137139 Lee Daniels Constable of Dist 1 140 B F Bourn 141150 130 Beat…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 23 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … 155166 151 38 years practice not recall Negroes serving on present term of Court 2 or more in July of past terms not recall others in 1960 not remember in 59 152…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 24 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … 1766 SecHow lists of jurors procured e board of supervisors at the April meeting in each year or at a subsequent meeting if not done at the April meeting shall select and…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 25 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … Sec 3235 Who entitled to vote Every inhabitant of this state except idiots insane persons and Indians not taxed who is a citizen of the United States twentyone 21 years eld and…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 26 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … OF Y A AA fF Yall A f LA ppv TE p Lo IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PETITIONER THERON C LYND…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 27 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … STATEMENT OF THE CASE A General On July 6 1961 the United States filed this action in the District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi under the Civil Rights Acts of…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 28 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … DD B Procedural Facts As indicated the complaint was filed on July 6 1961 R 1 At the same time plaintiff moved for discovery of the official registration records of Forrest County…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 29 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … td amend its complaint so as to state specifically R 79 1 The date of each application or attempt to register 2 The name of each Negro denied the right to vote…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 30 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … On October 10 1961 in compliance with the courts order the Government filed an amended com plaint naming 63 Negroes and detailing the circum stances of their attempts to register and their…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 31 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … The hearing on the motion for preliminary injunction and on the Rule 34 motion set for March 1 was heard on March 57 In the course of that hearing the court refused…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 32 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … 4 At the time the ndar ineiBenas the Govern ment had not obtained access to any of the Forrest County registration records However during the course of the hearing on the preliminary…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 33 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … 7 D The Evidence The following facts were established at the hearing on the motion for preliminary injunction Except as otherwise indicated they were undisputed The defendants offered no proof although they…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 34 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … 1 No Negro has been registered in Forrest County during defendant Lynds term of office February 26 1959 to the present7 There were forty Negroes who were named in the amended complaint…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 35 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … Date of Attempt 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1960 1960 1961 March 3 Shortly after Lynd became registrar March after March August Fall January Fall November January Name Be F Bourn…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 36 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … 3 Prior to January 31 1961 no white person was required in order to register to fill out an application form This evidence is disputed Defendant Lynd and his deputies testified that…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 37 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … 1959 1959 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 April 27 August 3 October January February May June 9 July 2 July 2 November ll Name Experience William Hart Registered by woman…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 38 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … ov 12 these Negroes and it required the defendants to file within twenty days the reasons for such rejections Tr 654 But in spite of the fact that a clear case of…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 39 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … 13 applications only from white applicants All Negro applicants were referred to defendant Lynd himself who admitted that he was in court as the Circuit Clerk two and a half weeks each…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Image 40 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … form Tr 295298 and that on another occasion a Negro lady fumbled in her handbag and a large Negro man came into the office She became frightened and called the sheriffs office…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
About this Item
Title
- NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. Mississippi (criminal law, Miss.); Correspondence and background material, 1961-1963, undated
Names
- NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Created / Published
- 1961 - 1963
Headings
- - Law--United States
- - Civil rights--United States
- - African Americans--Civil rights
- - African Americans--Segregation
- - Segregation--United States
- - United States--Race relations
- - United States--Armed Forces--African Americans
- - African Americans--Education
- - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- - African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc
- - African Americans--Political activity
- - Criminal law--United States
- - Discrimination--Law and legislation--United States
- - Discrimination in criminal justice administration--United States
- - Discrimination in education--United States
- - Discrimination in employment--United States
- - Discrimination in housing--United States
- - Discrimination in public accommodations--United States
- - Discrimination in the military--United States
- - Educational law and legislation--United States
- - Election law--United States
- - Housing--Law and legislation--United States
- - Labor laws and legislation--United States
- - Recreation centers--Law and legislation--United States
- - Suffrage--United States
- - Manuscripts
- - United States
Genre
- Manuscripts
Call Number/Physical Location
- series: Legal Case File, 1915-1967
- mss65570, box 224
Source Collection
- NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records
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- Manuscript Division
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- online text
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- African Americans
- Armed Forces
- Civil Rights
- Criminal Law
- Discrimination
- Discrimination in Criminal Justice Administration
- Discrimination in Education
- Discrimination in Employment
- Discrimination in Housing
- Discrimination in Public Accommodations
- Discrimination in the Military
- Education
- Educational Law and Legislation
- Election Law
- Housing
- Labor Laws and Legislation
- Law
- Law and Legislation
- Legal Status, Laws, Etc
- Manuscripts
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- Political Activity
- Race Relations
- Recreation Centers
- Segregation
- Suffrage
- United States