The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Charles Z. Smith.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description1 online resource (13 video files (5 hr., 52 min., 30 sec.)) : sound, color
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2007.308
Subjects

Other author/creatorSmith, Charles Z. (Charles Zellender), 1927-2016, interviewee.
Other author/creatorCrowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Other author/creatorStearns, Scott, director of photography.
Other author/creatorHistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title History Makers video oral history with The Honorable Charles Z. Smith
Portion of title Honorable Charles Z. Smith
Abstract Judge Charles Z. Smith was born on February 23, 1927 in Lakeland, Florida. Earning his B.S. degree at Temple University and his J.D. degree at the University of Washington Law School, Smith served as a deputy prosecuting attorney for King County. Recruited by U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy in 1961, he led a team investigating mismanagement of the Central States Teamsters Pension Fund r, esulting in the indictment and prosecution of James R. Hoffa and five associates. Smith was a University of Washington Professor of Law and associate dean, president of the American Baptist Churches, USA and a KOMO radio and television commentator. On July 18, 1988, Smith became the first African American to serve on the Washington State Supreme Court. In 1999, Smith was appointed by President Bill Clinton to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. Smith retired from the Washington State Supreme Court in 2002. Smith passed away on August 28, 2016 in Seattle, at age 89.
CreditsVideographer, Scott Stearns.
Performer Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Seattle, Washington 2008 June 3.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Seattle, Washington 2008 June 4.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Seattle, Washington 2007 October 27.
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 numberA2007.308 HistoryMakers

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