The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Vaino Spencer.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource (8 video files (3 hr., 37 min., 28 sec.)) : sound, color |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2006.149 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Spencer, Vaino, 1920-2016, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Brock, Paul, 1932- 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 The Honorable Vaino Spencer |
| Portion of title | Honorable Vaino Spencer |
| Abstract | Judge Vaino Hassan Spencer was born on July 22, 1920 in Los Angeles, California. Spencer graduated from Polytechnic High School in 1938 and received her A.A. degree from Los Angeles City College in 1949. Spencer obtained her L.L.B. degree from Southwestern University School of Law in 1952. In 1961, Spencer worked as a general practice attorney of law in Los Angeles. Spencer served as a municipal court judge for the Los Angeles Judicial District until 1976. She was appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court and served until 1980. This distinction marked Spencer the first African American woman to sit on the bench in California. In 1979, Spencer and Presiding Justice Joan Dempsey Klein, founded the National Association of Women Judges. In 1980, Spencer began serving as the Presiding Judge of the Division One California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, a position she held for over twenty years. |
| Credits | Videographer, Scott Stearns. |
| Performer | Paul Brock, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Los Angeles, California 2006 November 22. |
| 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 | A2006.149 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |