Civil Rights, Law, and the Federal Courts: The Life of Cecil Poole, 1914-1997

Project Description     Use Restrictions     Cataloging information:     Acknowledgements     Preface     Preface     Northern California U.S. District Court Series     Introduction—by William K. Coblentz     Interview History—Cecil F. Poole   I Background   II Private Law Practice, Military Service, and the OPA   III Office of the District Attorney, City and County of San Francisco: 1949-1958   IV Clemency Secretary and Legal Counsel to Governor Pat Brown, 1958-1961   V United States Attorney for Northern California, 1961-1970     The Office in 1961     Protests of Nuclear Testing on Bimini Atoll     More Social Discontent: Vietnam War Protests, Black Panthers     Draft Board Cases     Charlotte Poole     Thurgood Marshall     More on the Draft Cases and Black Panthers     Risk-taking     Assassination of John F. Kennedy ##     Transition to Johnson Administration     Blocked Appointment in 1968: Draft Violation Cases and Shootings ##     The 1966 Miranda Decision     Private Armies in the 1960s ##     Troubles at the Concord Naval Weapons Station     More Troubled Times   U.S. Attorney General Bobby Kennedy     Strike Forces     New Administration Takes Over; Ending the Work as U.S. Attorney   VI Transitions   VII Community Activities and Organizations   VII 1972 Democratic Convention at Miami Beach, Florida   IX Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern California, 1976-1979   X Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Judicial Circuit     Tape Guide—Cecil F. Poole     Appendix     Index—Cecil F. Poole     Carole E. Hicke