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, who discusses “Language and appearance as factors in legal proceedings.” Following his talk Edward A. Dawley introduces Charles Garry, who speaks on various aspects of racism in the courts.
Conference on racism in the law ; no.3: Language and appearance as factors in legal proceedings
PRA Archive #:
BB1721.03
Date Recorded On:
San Francisco, CA 4 May 1968.
Date Broadcast On:
KPFA, 17 Aug 1968.
Item Duration:
58 min. : 7 1/2 ips, mono.
Total Duration (All Reels):
Station: KPFA
View Folio: KPFA Folio, August 1968, p.14
Episode: Conference on racism in the law ; no.3: Language and appearance as factors in legal proceedings
Series: Conference on racism in the law
Contributors:
Speaker: Lenard G. Weiss
Speaker: Daniel H. Swett
Speaker: Charles Garry
Asset Type: Episode
Distributor: Distributor
Rights Summary:
RESTRICTED. Permissions, licensing requests, Curriculum Initiative, Campus Campaign and all other inquiries should be directed to: Mark Torres, Archives Director, 800-735-0230, Mark@PacificaRadioArchives.org
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- PRA Archive #: BB1721.03
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- Episode: Conference on racism in the law ; no.3: Language and appearance as factors in legal proceedings
- Series: Conference on racism in the law
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RESTRICTED. Permissions, licensing requests, Curriculum Initiative, Campus Campaign and all other inquiries should be directed to: Mark Torres, Archives Director, 800-735-0230, Mark@PacificaRadioArchives.org
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- Distributor: Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1968.
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- Speaker: Lenard G. Weiss
- Speaker: Daniel H. Swett
- Speaker: Charles Garry

