| Other author/creator | Greenup, Jeff, 1919-2013, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Wilson, Shawn, interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Burghelea, Neculai, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title |
History Makers video oral history with Jeff Greenup |
| Portion of title |
Jeff Greenup |
| Abstract |
Lawyer Jeff L. Greenup was born on March 24, 1919, in East Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Greenup received his B.S. degree from Long Island University. In 1950, he was president of the New York Branch of the NAACP where he served for ten years. In 1954, Greenup received his J.D. degree from Brooklyn Law School, and then formed the law firm of Mack, McFadden and Greenup. In the 1960s, his clients included NAACP, CORE, SNCC and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He also started the multicultural law firm of Greenup, Schimmel, Golar & Levister. In 1984, Greenup was a founding member of the Metropolitan Black Bar Association. He was selected to travel to Russia to study the Russian legal system and he was also sent to South Africa to ensure the legitimacy of the nation's first democratically-held election. Greenup passed away on March 1, 2013 at age 93. |
| Credits | Videographer, Neculai Burghelea. |
| Performer |
Shawn Wilson, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded New York, New York 2007 April 5. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded New York, New York 2007 April 26. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded New York, New York 2007 April 28. |
| 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 | A2007.125 HistoryMakers |
