A California Supreme Court justice looks at law and society, 1964-1996 : oral history transcript / Allen E. Broussard
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Broussard, Allen E, Interviewee
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Allen Broussard discusses growing up in Louisiana, and later attending Law School at Boalt Hall, University of California, Berkeley. He talks about his law practice, building a political base, and working with the NAACP, Bay Area African American political leaders, and his service on the Oakland Municipal Court, Alameda Superior Court, and the California Supreme Court, including work with the Advisory Committee on Race and Gender in the California Courts. He closes with a discussion of his retirementPart of the African American Oral History Collection from the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, BerkeleySupplementary material: 3 volumes: 1991-92 Public hearings on racial & ethnic bias in theCalifornia state court system (1993); Fairness in the California state courts (1993); and, Racial and ethnic composition of the California trial courts (1995)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
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Broussard, Allen E, IntervieweeMorris, Gabrielle, Interviewer
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