Greene, Harold H.

Harold H. Greene papers, 1951-2001 (bulk 1958-1998). - 6,600 items. 69 1 containers plus oversize. 29.6 linear feet. - Arranged in 6 series. Series 1: Department of Justice, 1951-1976; Series 2: District of Columbia Superior Court, 1961-1979; Series 3: United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 1978-2001; Series 4: Writings File, 1963-1992; Series 5: Miscellany, 1955-2000; and Series 6: Oversize, 1978-1982.

Open to research.

Correspondence, writings, reports, case material, opinions, orders, printed matter, and other papers relating to Greene's career in the U.S. Dept. of Justice Civil Rights Division and on the bench of the District of Columbia Superior Court and the U.S. District Court (District of Columbia). Documents his participation in drafting the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Subjects include the AT & T antitrust case and civil disturbances of the 1960s including protest demonstrations against the Vietnam War and the 1968 race riots in Washington, D.C.


Lawyer and jurist.


Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009073

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District of Columbia. Superior Court.
United States. Department of Justice. Civil Rights Division.
United States. District Court (District of Columbia)
United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964.
United States. Voting Rights Act of 1965.
AT & T.


African Americans--Suffrage.
Antitrust law--United States.
Civil rights--United States.
Minorities--Suffrage--United States.
Race riots--Washington (D.C.)
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements.
Voter registration--United States.


United States--Politics and government--1963-1969.
United States--Race relations.
Washington (D.C.)--History.


Jurists.
Lawyers.