Attorney General John Patterson during the NAACP contempt of court case.
In 1956 Judge Walter B. Jones had issued a restraining order preventing the NAACP from operating in Alabama. When the organization refused to submit its membership lists as the judge had ordered, it was fined and held in contempt of court.
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/7888 |