Race discrimination–Law and legislation–United States
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Conference on racism in the law ; no.2: Recruiting Blacks into the bar; and Racism in the courtroom
On May 4, 1968, nine Bay Area legal organizations sponsored a conference on “Racism in the law” held at the Sheraton-Palace Hotel in San Francisco. This is the second of five recordings from that conference. The first part features Jerome Carlin, director of the San Francisco Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation, and Preble Stoltz discussing “Recruitment…
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Conference on racism in the law ; no.5: Various aspects of racism in pre- and post-courtroom proceedings
On May 4, 1968, nine Bay Area legal organizations sponsored a conference on “Racism in the law” held at the Sheraton-Palace Hotel in San Francisco. This is the concluding session of the conference. Moderator Sandra Cox introduces Director of California Rural Legal Assistance, James Lorenz, speaking on the importance of civil rights to civilians; San…
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Conference on racism in the law ; no.1: Keynote address
On May 4, 1968, nine Bay Area legal organizations sponsored a conference on “Racism in the law” held at the Sheraton-Palace Hotel in San Francisco. This first of five recordings from that conference features the keynote address given by Judge George W. Crockett, Jr. of Recorder’s County, Detroit, one of the only black judges in…
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Conference on racism in the law ; no.3: Language and appearance as factors in legal proceedings
On May 4, 1968, nine Bay Area legal organizations sponsored a conference on “Racism in the law” held at the Sheraton-Palace Hotel in San Francisco. This is the third of five recorded sessions. Lenard G. Weiss opens the session. He introduces Daniel H. Swett, chairman of the department of anthropology at San Francisco State College,…
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Conference on racism in the law ; no.4: Racism in civil court proceedings; Indian law, poverty and paternalism
On May 4, 1968, nine Bay Area legal organizations sponsored a conference on “Racism in the law” held at the Sheraton-Palace Hotel in San Francisco. In this fourth of five recordings from the conference, Edward A. Dawley introduces former president of the NAACP, attorney Richard A. Bancroft, who speaks on racism in civil court proceedings.…