<I>Richard Barry Sobol and Anne Buxton Sobol Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: May 26, 2011
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: Richard Barry Sobol, American, born 1937
label: Interview of
content: Anne Buxton Sobol, American
label: Interviewed by
content: Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.
label: Subject of
content: Robert Hicks, American, 1929 - 2010
label: Subject of
content: Deacons for Defense and Justice, American, founded 1964
label: Subject of
content: Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee, American
label: Subject of
content: Crown Zellerbach Corporation, American, founded 1928
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.15.1a, 2011.174.15.1b, 2011.174.15.1c, 2011.174.15.1d, 2011.174.15.1e, 2011.174.15.1f, 2011.174.15.1g, and 2011.174.15.1h.
label: Description
content: Richard Sobol discusses his early career as a lawyer in Washington, D. C., his involvement with the Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee, and his decision to move to New Orleans to become a civil rights lawyer. He recalls meeting Robert Hicks of Bogalusa, Louisiana, being personally protected by the Deacons of Defense and Justice, and his involvement in many job discrimination cases brought against the Crown Zellerbach paper mill. He also discusses other employment, labor union, and housing discrimination cases he argued. His wife, Anne, is also briefly interviewed.
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0015
place: label: Place collected
content: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Bogalusa, Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Housing
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Civil Rights History Project
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.174.15.1a-h
objectType: label: Type
content: video recordings
label: Type
content: oral histories
label: Type
content: digital media - born digital
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 2 hr., 1 min., 7 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 201.77 GB