The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with The Honorable Charles Z. Smith

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with The Honorable Charles Z. Smith

6/3/2008; 6/4/2008; 10/27/2007

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2007.308

Federal government appointee, law professor, and state supreme court judge The Honorable Charles Z. Smith (1927 - 2016 ) was the first African American to serve on the State of Washington's Supreme Court. In addition to holding this Washington Supreme Court position from 1988 until his retirement in 2002, Justice Smith was also known for serving on the staff of U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, and being appointed to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom by President William J. Clinton. Smith was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 6/3/2008, 6/4/2008 and 10/27/2007, in Seattle, Washington. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 3; Total Tapes: 13; Total Run Time: 05h 52m 30s

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Smith, Charles Z. 1927-

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Retired Justice of the Washington Supreme Court and prosecutor for the United States Department of Justice, Charles Zellender Smith was born on February 23, 1927, in Lakeland, Florida. Son of John R. Smith, Sr., a Cuban immigrant, and Eva Love Smith, he attended school in Franklin, North Carolina at age three, Washington Park School in Lakeland and Hungerford School in Maitland, Florida. Mentored by Dr. William H. Gray, Jr., President of Florida A&M College, he served as Gray's administrativ...