The HistoryMakers video oral history with Walter L. Gordon, Jr.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description1 online resource (3 video files (1 hr., 31 min., 30 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2008.071
Subjects

Other author/creatorGordon, Walter L., 1908- interviewee.
Other author/creatorLesure, Jacques, interviewer.
Other author/creatorBurghelea, Neculai, director of photography.
Other author/creatorHistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title History Makers video oral history with Walter L. Gordon, Jr.
Portion of title Walter L. Gordon, Jr.
Abstract Lawyer Walter L. Gordon Jr. was born on June 22, 1908 in Santa Monica, California. He graduated from Ohio State University with both his B.A. and J.D. degrees. In 1936, when the Los Angeles legal system was plagued by segregation, Gordon became one of the city's first African American attorneys when he established his law practice in the same facility as one of Los Angeles' oldest African American publications, The California Eagle. As a neighbor of the newspaper, he began collecting photographs given to him by the newspaper's editor. Gordon amassed a photograph collection including valuable photographs of the Langston Law Club, composer Count Basie and musician Louis Armstrong. In 2003, he was awarded the Shattuck-Price Outstanding Lawyer Award from the Los Angeles County Bar Association. In 2004, he retired after over sixty years of practicing law. Gordon passed away on April 16, 2012 at age 103.
CreditsVideographer, Neculai Burghelea.
Performer Jacques Lesure, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Los Angeles, California 2008 April 3.
Source of descriptionVendor-supplied metadata.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formInterviews.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Stock numberA2008.071 HistoryMakers