Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1917, Mar. 11 | Born, Caryville, Fla. |
| 1937 | A.B., Lincoln University, Lincoln University, Pa. |
| 1940 | LL.B., Howard University, Washington, D.C. |
| 1941 | LL.M., Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1941-1944 | Served in U.S. Army Air Corps |
| 1944 | Legal assistant, NAACP |
| 1945 | Admitted to New York Bar Assistant special counsel, NAACP |
| 1946 | Married Gloria Pamela Spencer (died 1971) |
| 1956-1968 | General counsel, NAACP |
| 1969-1972 | Partner, Poletti Freidin Prashker Feldman & Gartner |
| 1971-1972 | Member, New York State Commission on Attica, investigating the riots at the state prison in Attica, N.Y. |
| 1972-1986 | Appointed U.S. district judge, Southern District of New York, by President Richard M. Nixon |
| 1987-2012 | Senior judge |
| 2012, Jan. 3 | Died, New York, N.Y. |