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Aubrey Grossman files, 1953-1973.
BANC MSS 99/280 cz carton 64; BANC MSS 99/280 cz carton 65; BANC MSS 99/280 cz:Series 11
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Aubrey Grossman files, 1953-1973Creator/Contributor:
Grossman, Aubrey, 1911-1999, creator, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Wells, Wesley Robert, correspondent.Abstract:
Selective service prosecution statistics, including the Robert Whitehorn case files. Statistics on civil disobedience arrests
and dispositions as well as clippings concerning the sit-ins and mass arrests of Congress for Racial Equality (CORE) demonstrators
in the Broadway Auto Row, Oakland case. Appeals, court records and attorney-client correspondence in the Wesley Robert Wells
case.
Date:
1953 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caGrossman, Aubrey -- 1911-1999 -- Archives
Wells, Wesley Robert -- Correspondence
Civil disobedience
Civil rights demonstrations
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Aubrey Grossman files, BANC MSS 99/280 cz:Series 11, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Aubrey W. Grossman (1911-1999) was a widely known civil rights attorney and member of the Communist Party USA. He is best
known for his defense of Willie McGee, a black man put to death for an alleged rape, and for his defense of the Native Americans
who occupied Alcatraz Island in 1969-71. Born in California on 29 March 1911, he was the son of David Grossman and his wife
Emma (née Silverstein) Grossman.
In English.
Contained in the finding aid of the National Lawyers Guild records.
Forms part of the National Lawyers Guild records (BANC MSS 99/280)
Type:
Judicial records.Physical Description:
print
2.5 (2
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 99/280 cz carton 64
BANC MSS 99/280 cz carton 65
BANC MSS 99/280 cz:Series 11
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.