Richard Barry Sobol and Anne Buxton Sobol Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Sobol, Richard Barry, American, born 1937
- Buxton Sobol, Anne, American
- Interviewed by
- Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
- Subject of
- Hicks, Robert, American, 1929 - 2010
- Deacons for Defense and Justice, American, founded 1964
- Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee, American
- Crown Zellerbach Corporation, American, founded 1928
- Date
- May 26, 2011
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 2 hr., 1 min., 7 sec.
- Total: 201.77 GB
- Description
- The oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.15.1a, 2011.174.15.1b, 2011.174.15.1c, 2011.174.15.1d, 2011.174.15.1e, 2011.174.15.1f, 2011.174.15.1g, and 2011.174.15.1h.
- Richard Sobol discusses his early career as a lawyer in Washington, D. C., his involvement with the Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee, and his decision to move to New Orleans to become a civil rights lawyer. He recalls meeting Robert Hicks of Bogalusa, Louisiana, being personally protected by the Deacons of Defense and Justice, and his involvement in many job discrimination cases brought against the Crown Zellerbach paper mill. He also discusses other employment, labor union, and housing discrimination cases he argued. His wife, Anne, is also briefly interviewed.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0015
- Place collected
- New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Bogalusa, Washington%2BParish%22&op=Search">Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- American South
- Civil rights
- Housing
- Labor
- Law
- Politics
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2011.174.15.1a-h
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.