| Title: |
Reminiscences of Jack Greenberg
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A65
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
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| Description: |
New York City family background; education and naval duty; Law Revision Commission; history of Legal Defense Fund; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense Fund, 1949- : important cases, staff problems, conflicts; Miranda case, racial discrimination in jury selection and housing, capital punishment, welfare rights; sit-ins and Freedom Rides; contributions of Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee and Congress of Racial Equality to civil rights movement; Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund; working relationship of Legal Defense Fund with Supreme Court; impressions of Thurgood Marshall, James Meredith, others.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 404 leaves, Tape: 3 cassettes
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Written permission required from interviewee. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1975 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Greenberg, Jack, 1924-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1924
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| Speaker occupation: |
Lawyer
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| Age at speaking: |
51
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| Document date: |
1975
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| Interviewer: |
Gellhorn, Kitty
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| Organizations discussed: |
Congress of Racial Equality, New York, NY; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Baltimore, MD; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, US; U.S. Supreme Court
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
African Americans--Civil rights; African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.; Civil rights--United States; Congress of Racial Equality, New York, NY; Lawyers; Legal assistance to the poor--United States; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Baltimore, MD; North America; Oral history; Race discrimination--Law and legislation; Race discrimination--United States; Race relations--United States; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, US; U.S. Supreme Court; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0018429-13872
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