Robert L. Carter Papers 1941-2006 (bulk 1969-2004)

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Robert L. Carter Papers 1941-2006 (bulk 1969-2004)

Civil rights lawyer and judge. Correspondence, memoranda, legal cases, speeches, writings, subject files, newspaper clippings, ephemera, biographical material, photographs, notes, and research material relating primarily to Carter's career after 1968.

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