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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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The NAACP appealed a Montgomery County Circuit Court judgment banning its operations in Alabama, filed on Jan. 22 with a $20,000 bond. The case stemmed from a 1956 injunction over registration and activities deemed to create racial tension; a prior $100,000 fine was invalidated by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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NEW YORK The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has appealed from a judgment of the Montgomery County Circuit Court permanently banning the NAACP from operating in the State of Alabama, NAACP General Counsel Robert L. Carter announced this week.
A cost bond of $20,000 was posted and notice of appeal filed in the Supreme Court of Alabama in Montgomery on Jan. 22. The Association has 60 days within which to file the record of the case which was heard before Judge Walter B. Jones, Dec. 27-29, 1961.
Judge Jones made permanent a temporary injunction against the NAACP which had been granted to the state on June 1, 1956. A fine of $100,000 imposed by Judge Jones at that time was later invalidated by the United States Supreme Court.
Twice again, the case was carried to the High Court which, on Oct. 23, 1961, directed the United States District Court to take jurisdiction unless the state courts held a hearing of the case on its merits "within a reasonable time, no later than Jan. 2, 1962." Not until then was the Association able to get a hearing to determine the validity of the temporary injunction.
The state charged that the N. A. A. C. P. had failed to register as a foreign corporation doing business in Alabama and that its activities were injurious to the state, in that they "created racial tension and unrest."
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The Association contended that the registration requirement did not apply to non-profit organizations and its activities were designed solely to secure full citizenship rights for Negro Americans. No other non-profit organization has been asked to register under these provisions.
Nevertheless, the NAACP offered to register in 1956 but was denied permission to do so. However, the Association refused to expose its members to intimidation and economic reprisals by turning over membership lists to Alabama authorities. For this, the Association was fined $100,000 by Judge Jones.
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Montgomery, Alabama
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Jan. 22
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a cost bond of $20,000 was posted and notice of appeal filed in the supreme court of alabama. the judgment permanently banned the naacp from operating in alabama. a previous $100,000 fine was invalidated by the united states supreme court.
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The NAACP appealed a Montgomery County Circuit Court judgment permanently banning it from operating in Alabama. The case was heard before Judge Walter B. Jones on Dec. 27-29, 1961, making permanent a 1956 temporary injunction. The state charged failure to register as a foreign corporation and activities creating racial tension. The NAACP contended the registration did not apply to non-profits and refused to submit membership lists to avoid intimidation.