Robert L. Carter papers
Language: eng
Number of pages: 10000
Subjects: Poletti Freidin Prashker Feldman & Gartner; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Prison riots; United States; Attica Correctional Facility; United States. District Court (New York : Southern District); Practice of law; Correctional institutions; Civil rights; New York (State). Special Commission on Attica; New York (State); African Americans; Societies
Description: Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, writings, notes, hearing transcripts, legal case files, subject files, research material, biographical material, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Carter's career after 1968.  Documents Carter's work as general counsel of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; member of the New York (State) Special Commission on Attica investigating riots at Attica Correctional Facility, Attica, N.Y., in 1971; and partner with Poletti Freidin Prashker Feldman & Gartner, New York, N.Y.  Includes material pertaining to cases rendered by Carter as U.S. district judge, Southern District of New York.
Notes: Restrictions apply.

Gift, Robert L. Carter, 1992-2010.

transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.

Civil rights lawyer and judge.  Full name: Robert Lee Carter.

Collection material in English.

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