3 0 0 ▁per ▁week ▁to ▁fund ▁the ▁organization ' s ▁law su its . ▁Add itional ▁funds ▁came ▁from ▁speaking ▁engag ements ▁in ▁other ▁cities ▁and ▁from ▁local ▁supp or ters ▁who ▁did ▁not ▁join ▁the ▁group , ▁including ▁whites ▁who ▁were ▁eager ▁for ▁change ▁but ▁could ▁not ▁risk ▁certain ▁ret ali ation ▁for ▁showing ▁public ▁support ▁for ▁the ▁movement . ▁In ▁its ▁first ▁three ▁years , ▁the ▁group ▁spent ▁over ▁$ 4 0 , 0 0 0 ▁of ▁the ▁$ 5 3 , 0 0 0 ▁it ▁raised ▁on ▁legal ▁fe es , ▁much ▁of ▁it ▁on ▁black ▁att or ne ys ▁such ▁as ▁Arthur ▁Sh ores , ▁Or z ell ▁Bill ings ley , ▁Jr , ▁Oscar ▁Adams , ▁and ▁Dem et ri us ▁Newton ▁of ▁B irmingham ▁and ▁Ernest ▁D . ▁Jackson ▁of ▁Jackson ville , ▁Florida . ▁By ▁ 1 9 6 5 ▁the ▁AC M HR ▁had ▁initi ated ▁more ▁federal ▁su its ▁that ▁reached ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁than ▁any ▁other ▁pet ition er . ▁As ▁the ▁cases ▁rose ▁through ▁the ▁federal ▁court ▁system , ▁they ▁gar ner ed ▁assistance ▁from ▁the ▁NA AC P ' s ▁legal ▁defense ▁fund . ▁ ▁Organ ized ▁oppon ents ▁of ▁integration , ▁including ▁the ▁Ku ▁Kl ux ▁K lan ▁and ▁the ▁National ▁States ' ▁Rights ▁Party , ▁threatened ▁and ▁int im id ated ▁movement ▁supp or ters ▁and ▁conducted ▁numerous ▁bomb ings ▁of ▁churches ▁and ▁resid ences . ▁Most ▁of ▁those ▁terror ist ▁acts ▁were ▁never ▁pro sec