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Kramer, John R. Papers 2007-080., [ca. 1938-2006]

Title: Kramer, John R., Papers [ca. 1938-2006]

Comprising photographs, correspondence, notes, research files, and legal documents, the John R. Kramer Papers, [ca. 1938-2006], document Kramer’s life and career in legislation, legal education, social action, and private legal practice.

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Rios, Rolando L.,. Oral history interview with Rolando L. Rios, 1996 [videorecording].

Title: Oral history interview with Rolando L. Rios, 1996 [videorecording].

The interview begins with Mr. Rios' family history and genealogy. He talks about receiving his undergraduate degree in mathematics from St. Mary's University in San Antonio and his law degree from Georgetown University School of Law following his service in the military from which he was honorably discharged as a disabled veteran. Mr. Rios describes his early work as an attorney for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) during the 1980's and as legal director for the Southwest Voter Registration and Education Project. He details his career as an attorney practicing in the area of voting rights laws and legalities of districting/redisticting plans following the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and its various amendments. He discusses the negative effects that twelve years of Republican administration, Reagan through Bush, has had on the Civil Rights movement in the United States. Mr. Rios examines the reason that MALDEF and other civil rights activists groups had been relatively quiet during the mid 1980's through the mid 1990's was due to a fear of political and financial recrimination from conservative judges appointed by Reagan and Bush. He talks about different types of districting schemes such as the trend toward cumulative voting and limited voting plans. Mr. Rios concludes the interview with a discussion of his 1994 campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives and how it was managed and financed.

ArchivalResource: 1 videocassette (VHS) (1 hr., 44 min.) : col. ; 1/2 in.Transcript : 63 p. ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49835013 View

Kramer, John R., 1937-2006. Kramer, John R., Papers, [ca. 1938-2006]

Title: Kramer, John R., Papers, [ca. 1938-2006]

Comprising photographs, correspondence, notes, research files, and legal documents, the John R. Kramer Papers, [ca. 1938-2006], document Kramer's life and career in legislation, legal education, social action, and private legal practice.

ArchivalResource: 34 ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/710442372 View