Robert L. Carter papers, 1941-2006 (bulk 1969-2004).
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 10,000 items; 29 containers; 8.8 linear feetSubject(s): - New York (State). Special Commission on Attica
- United States. District Court (New York : Southern District)
- Attica Correctional Facility
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- Poletti Freidin Prashker Feldman & Gartner
- African Americans -- Societies, etc
- Civil rights -- United States
- Correctional institutions -- New York (State) -- Attica
- Practice of law -- New York (State) -- New York
- Prison riots -- New York (State) -- Attica
- Jurists
- Lawyers
Open to research.
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Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, writings, notes, hearing transcripts, legal case files, subject files, research material, biographical material, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Carter's career after 1968. Documents Carter's work as general counsel of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; member of the New York (State) Special Commission on Attica investigating riots at Attica Correctional Facility, Attica, N.Y., in 1971; and partner with Poletti Freidin Prashker Feldman & Gartner, New York, N.Y. Includes material pertaining to cases rendered by Carter as U.S. district judge, Southern District of New York.
Audiotapes transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
Civil rights lawyer and judge. Full name: Robert Lee Carter.
Collection material in English.
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