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rr Se Negroes declared unconstitutional in 1915; Louisville Rest canta Sesregation ordinanace held unconstitutional in 1917: Arkansas sharecropper riot victims freed (12 from death, 67 from long tern and life imprisonment ) waen trial in saob-dominated court was neld o a ab ro) ss) 3 i Mm: o td] i o Fy ! pa w = ara b. ~O nN. "No 4 f 4) at IRP- ct o ei gt BE _ . Bw 3G poe 5 fale] = 2 2 “_— by statute fro Democratic primaries held unconstitutional in n 1927; New Orleans segregation law held unconstitutional in 1927; Texas white primary lew (second case} berring Negroes by enabling act from Democratic primzries held unconstitutional in 1932, These menorable victories were achieved at the remarkably low cost of $31,193.92, largely due to generosity of members of the national legal staff and other lawyers who camtributed their services. “— ._ In the JESS HOLLINS case arising in Oklahoma, which was won by the association before whe U. S. suprene court in 1935, the opinion of the court in the Scottsboro cases was sustained: That HOLLINS nad been convicted by a jury from wnich Negroes nad been systematically excludsd. A sirnitar decision was obv.ained in 1937 wnen a new trial was secured for JO¥\“ALE, convicted by an all-vhite jury in MeCracken County, Kentucky.“— On Decerber 12, 1936, the supresce court rulec in the czxse oi GAL.Ss vs. University of _issouri that the University of issouri must either admit LLOYD GATNES, a Necro student, to its lew school, or the state of Missouri must provide equal accomodations for the training of Nezro graduate and professional students. The court neld tnat out-of-state scholarsnips did not answer the constitutional requirement of equal rights and that states must provide equal train- we tpt tet ee theta La wA asa ang within be tr borders. In 1937 fhe ‘association secured 3 re-tiial ar a result of the United Stet ps\ suprene court decision in the case of LOU BROAN, HENRY (HILLDS and victed of surcer by the supreme court of Mississipci in the death. ~-’. of RAY :CNDYSTSvART, April 4, 1934. The United States supreme court “ decision was based on the fact that the only evidence against these - three men vas procured through coercim and brutality. The court held unanimously "The rack and torture chamber may not be substitu for the witness chair." 3 ted 4 ety chile we IS lem oe ce bee RR a a The latest victory was won on May 22, 1939 when the United Stotes supreme court ruled in the czse of LANE vs. KILSON that the -s- AXKYELLINGTON, ‘Negro sharecroppers who were con- ~~ ie a