Manuscript/Mixed Material NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. Mississippi (criminal law, Miss.); Legal documents; Central file, 1961-1963, undated
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Image 1 of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. … RAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND CASE FILE BOX 224 mom ml
- 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. … IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI NO bi 793 CLYDE KENNARD Ve STATE OF MISSISSIPPI On September 29 1959 appellant vas convicted in Justice of the Peace Court on two charges Reckless…
- 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. … Appellant read a newspaper article sometime during the week preceding October 12 1959 indicating to him the case would come up during the October term of county court begine ning October 12…
- 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. … i Since he understood his attorney who lived in another county would be notified of the date of the trial appellant left The county court convened in the basement and as already…
- 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. … dy Justice according to law and lawsuits are allowed for that purpose alone Rules of procedure regulating the conducting of business in courts are instituted solely to facilitate these ends They are…
- 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. … H Judge in dealing with such questiéns before him should not be encroached upon restricted nor considered abused unless it manifestly appears that the discretion exercised in any particular case was wrongful…
- 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. … 6 to have the appeal reinstated and the State was not pre juciced Morris v City of Tupelo 129 Miss 887 93 so 453 Long v State 9 Miss 230 48 So…
- 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. … the State was not inconvenienced much less pre jud less resistence to the motion itself be considered convenience Lhe statement of the county attorney C J he of the Jjudge in his…
- 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. … March 6 1963 Mr R Jess Brown Attorney at law 125 HN Farish Street Jacksen Mississippi Cigil DC4662 Kennard v Breazeale Dear Sir As you know the Yrder Dismissing Appeal in the…
- 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. … AO 146 Mar 1953 United States District Court FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI DELTA DIVISION March 4 CLYDE KENNARD No DCkif62 C E BREAZEALE TAKE NOTICE that Order Dismissing Appeal in…
- 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. … i FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI 4 CLYDE KERNNARD 5 Petitioner wn ot ws NO DC4662 C E BREAZEALE Superintendent 3 Respondent CRB OER Petitioner having filed with the Court a…
- 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. … CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE This is to certify that on the lst day of March 1963 I served 2 copy of the foregoing proposed Order for dismissal of the appeal upon the Honorable…
- 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. … March 1 1963 Ms Melita Q Lentjes Deputy Clerk United States District Court Northern District of Mississippi Clarksdale Mississippi Re Civil DC4662 Kennafd v Breazeale Dear Miss Lentjes I received your letter…
- 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. … UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OFFICE OF THE CLERK NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI CLARKSDALE MISSISSIPPI February 27 1963 Honorable Derrick A Bell Jr Attorney at Law 10 Columbus Circle New York 19 New…
- 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. … THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI CLYDE KENNARD Ld Ld Fetiticoner 2 V NO DC4662 Ge Ee BREAZEALE Superintendent 3 1 I 3 Respondent ad MOTION FOR…
- 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. … CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE This is to certify that on the 25th day of February 1963 I served a copy of the foregoing Motion For Dismissal Of Appeal upon the Honorable Joe T…
- 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. … February 1963 MEMORANDUM FROM NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc RE Clyde Kennard Case This office first became aware of Clvde Kennard when R Jess Brown a Negro attorney practicing in…
- 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. … Memo to Grenville Clark February 1963 the primary elections in 1959 Governor Coleman had indicated to Mr Kennard that if a gubernatorial candidate whom he was supporting as his successor was successful…
- 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. … Meme to Grenville Clark February 1963 the fact to any felony shall be deemed a principal and shall be indicted and punished as such At his trial Kennard was represented by Mississippi…
- 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. … Memo to Grenville Clark February 1963 As part of his proof of jury discrimination attorney Brown made several requests to inspect the Forrest County voter registration books jury boxes and venire lists…
- 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. … Memo to Grenville Clark February 1963 up the next day and confessed Police officers testified that they went to Kennards farm and found that the feed hoppers were filled and that feed…
- 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. … Memo to Grenville Clark February 1963 voter lists excluded Negroes During initial stages of this case the United States had been denied the very evidence on which our case would have to…
- 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. … Meme to Grenville Clark February 1963 Continued efforts to obtain Kennards signature on papers authorizing us to obtain his medical records were unavailing Letters to Kennard directed to the prison Super intendent…
- 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. … Memo to Grenville Clark February 1963 At the hearing the state filed 2 motion to dismiss the petition arguing that federal habeas corpus was not available to Mr Kennard because he had…
- 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. … Memo to Grenville Clark February 1963 the federal habeas corpus proceedings On January 14 1963 the state court on grounds similar to those raised by the Attorney General dismissed the petition for…
- 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. … Memo to Grenville Clark February 1963 response to our questions concerning his health that he was doing pretty well He stated that for a time he had been placed on light work…
- 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. … Memo to Grenville Clark February 1963 In view of these developments no further action will be taken to reverse Kennards conviction and the case has been closed It is the opinion 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. … IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI CLYDE KENNARD Petitioner Lad V NO DC4662 C E BREAZEALE Superintendent Respondent MOTION FOR DISMISSAL OF APPEAL Petitioner pursuant to…
- 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. … on January 29 1963 R Jess Brown 125 N Farish Street Jackson Mississippi George M Leighton Moore Ming Leighton 123 W Madison Street Chicago 2 Illinois Jack Greenberg Constance Baker Motley Derxick…
- 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. … 7 filed IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT CLYDE KENNARD Appellant Ve NO DC4662 C E BREAZEALE Superintendent Mississippi State Prison Parchman Mississippi Appellee ad MOTION FOR…
- 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. … In support of this motion appellant shows the following 1 Appellants petition for a writ of habeas corpus charging that his conviction violated his constitutional rights in that said conviction was returned…
- 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. … pleaded guilty to stealing the feed but received a suspended sentence Appellant was convicted and sentenced to the maximum penalty that could be imposed for burglary seven 7 years in the state…
- 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. … to bail filed by appellant with his petition for a writ of certiorari was denied on July 29 1961 6 In the Spring of 1962 appellants condition had worsened On March 19…
- 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. … that appellan be granted credit for hi time were un successful An affidavit detailing efforts to obtain parole for appellant was prepared by R Jess Brown one of appellants attorneys and is…
- 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. … for the first time the serious nature of appellants illness Exh These records show that appellant is suffering from j7ecer and is not expected to live from more than 1 to years…
- 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. … 10 Appellant has exhausted the state remedies required by 28 U8C 52254 as a prerequisite to filing a petition for writ of habeas corpus in that a prior to trial in the…
- 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. … the issue of jury discrimination was denied on October 9 1961 368 US 869 In addition to the above and in accordance with the instructions from the United States District Court for…
- 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. … WHEREFORE because from facts recently obtained from official state records which records were denied to appellant at his trial it is clear that a seven year prison term for allegedly counseling the…
- 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. … will grant his motion forthwith and enter an order advancing the argument on this appeal to the earliest practicable date
- 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. … ot Filed UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS IN THE FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT CLYDE KENNARD Petitioner e C E BREAZEALE Superintendent Mississippi State Prison Parchman Mississippi Respondent 111I0n WRII O A RPU…
- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Date: 1961
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Title
- NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Kennard v. Mississippi (criminal law, Miss.); Legal documents; Central file, 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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- 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