Plaintiff exhibit #37 "Fairfax Swim Club Rejects Bid by Negro"

"Fairfax Swim Club Rejects Bid by Negro" written by The Washington Post 7/30/1965 and submitted as Plaintiff exhibit #37 in the Sullivan vs. Little Hunting Park Case.
Title
Plaintiff exhibit #37 "Fairfax Swim Club Rejects Bid by Negro"
Description
Plaintiff exhibit #37 submitted in in the Sullivan vs. Little Hunting Park Case. It is a clipping of Washington Post article "Fairfax Swim Club Rejects Bid by Negro." "Members of a Fairfax County Swimming Club voted overwhelmingly last night to affirm the action of their board of directors in rejecting the application of a new negro neighbor. About 300 members of Little Hunting Park, Inc. the corporation that manages the pool, spent an hour in bitter debate over the negro's application and rejected a suggestion that they meet and hear him first. The applicant, Theodore R. Freeman Jr., an Agriculture Department economist tried to attend the meeting at Bucknell Elementary School with his wife. They were turned away at the door. "The meeting is closed, for members only." S. L. Lennon, vice president and membership director of the corporation, told the couple. The meeting was called after 21 members signed a petition asking that the nine-man board's unanimous denial of membership to Freeman be discussed. Proposals that they meet and hear Freeman were voted down by voice votes, by a margin of about 5 to 1. A third proposal - to reverse the board - was declared illegal under the by-laws of the corporation. Another motion, however, asked the members to endorse rather than reverse the board's decision. It was overwhelmingly approved. "IF they integrate our pool, first doctors and lawyers will come but then other will bring switch-blades out here, " one woman told the meeting. "It's not an issue of integration, it's a question of the by-laws," one woman who seemed to represent the majority view said. The board will meet again Aug. 17 to consider expelling Freeman's landlord, Paul E. Sullivan, for "harassment of the board." Sullivan is the one...
Date
1965-07-30
Creator
The Washington Post
Source
Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center
Rights
Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center

Part of "Fairfax Swim Club Rejects Bid by Negro," Washington Post, July 30, 1965.