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Civil rights, law, and the federal courts : oral history transcript : the life of Cecil Poole, 1914-1997 / 1997.
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Civil rights, law, and the federal courts : oral history transcript: the life of Cecil Poole, 1914-1997 / 1997Northern California U.S. District Court oral history series
Creator/Contributor:
Poole, Cecil F., 1914-1997, creator, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Coblentz, William K.Creator/Contributor:
Hicke, Carole, interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.Abstract:
Childhood and education; military service; private law practice in San Francisco; Assistant U.S. District Attorney, Northern
District, California, 1951-58; Legal Secretary to California Governor Edmund G. Brown, 1958-61; U.S. District Attorney, Northern
District, California, 1961-70; Federal Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District, California, 1976-79; Judge, U.S. Court
of Appeals, Ninth Judicial Circuit, 1979-1997; sentencing guidelines; appellate procedures; challenges for an African-American
lawyer and judge; Democratic politics; some significant appellate cases.
Date:
1997 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caLawyers -- California -- Interviews
Judges -- California -- Interviews
African American lawyers -- California -- Interviews
African American judges -- California -- Interviews
Avocats noirs américains -- Californie -- Entretiens
Juges noirs américains -- Californie -- Entretiens
African American judges
African American lawyers
Judges
Lawyers
California
United States. -- District Court (California : Northern District)
United States. -- Court of Appeals (9th Circuit)
États-Unis. -- District Court (California, Northern District)
United States. -- Court of Appeals (9th Circuit)
United States. -- District Court (California : Northern District)
Note:
Cecil F. Poole ; with an introduction by William K. Coblentz. Interviews conducted by Carole Hicke in 1993. Regional Oral
History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Forms part of: Northern California U.S. District Court oral history series.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Audio tape recording of the interview also available. Classified as Phonotape 2953 C:1-21.
Also available online.
Volume includes index.
Duplicate transcript: Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library.
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
biographyInterviews.
Oral histories.
Physical Description:
print
1 volume (vii, 248 pages) : portraits ; 28 cm
21 audiocassettes
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.