The HistoryMakers video oral history with Leo Branton, Jr.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource (8 video files (3 hr., 56 min., 52 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2001.004 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Branton, Leo, Jr., 1922-2013, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Richardson, Julieanna L., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Stearns, Scott, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Leo Branton, Jr. |
| Portion of title | Leo Branton, Jr. |
| Abstract | Entertainment lawyer and litigator Leo Branton, Jr., was born in 1922, in Arkansas. After he graduated from Tennessee State University, he enrolled in the Army, where he served in a segregated unit for almost three years during World War II. Upon completion of his service, Branton earned a law degree from Northwestern University in 1948, before he moved to California. In 1950, he worked with the NAACP on the trial of an African American veteran charged in the double murder of a white couple in Riverside County. His work on this case and subsequent challenge to the jury system in Riverside County led to the selection of the county's first black juror. Branton was well known both as a litigator and as an entertainment attorney. His clients included activist Angela Davis and entertainers Nat King Cole and Dorothy Dandridge. Leo Branton passed away on April 19, 2013. |
| Credits | Videographer, Scott Stearns. |
| Performer | Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Los Angeles, California 2001 July 27. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2001.004 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |