Carter, Robert L., 1917-2012

Variant names

Dates:

Birth 1917-05-11

Death 2012-01-03

Biographical notes:

Civil rights lawyer and judge. Full name: Robert Lee Carter.

From the description of Robert L. Carter papers, 1941-2006 (bulk 1969-2004). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81804938

Civil rights lawyer and judge; b. Robert Lee Carter.

From the description of Papers, 1960-1993. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 34149444

Biographical Note

1917, Mar. 11 Born, Careyville, 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.

From the guide to the Robert L. Carter Papers, 1941-2006, (bulk 1969-2004), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)