Lewis F. Powell oral history interview, 1990 Nov. 5.

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Lewis F. Powell oral history interview, 1990 Nov. 5.

The collection consists of an oral history interview with Lewis F. Powell on November 5, 1990 in which he discusses Judge Wilkinson; family background; activities at Washington and Lee; Edward R. Murrow; National Student Federation of America; Edward Gwathmey; Harvard Law School; Roscoe Pound; Felix Frankfurter; views on juries; influence of Pound and Frankfurter; John W. Davis; summer work with Richmond Department of Public Works; Richmond law firms; Hunton and Williams; Phillip Morris; size and specialization of modern law firms; Lewis Powell, Jr.; Judge Oren Lewis; differences between 1930s and 1990s law firms; Powell's securities cases; offered chairmanship of Securities Exchange Commission; American Bar Association; Richmond School Board; Brown vs. Board; closing of schools in Virginia; interposition, massive resistance; Oliver Hill; Forum Club; Senate Judiciary Committee; Powell's confirmation hearing; Birch Bayh; segregation cases - Keyes, Richmond schools; de facto, de jure distinctions; cert pool; Powell's role in dynamics of court; education, segregation cases - Bakke, DeFunis, Croson; views on capital punishment; Bill Brennan; swearing-in of Governor Wilder; Powell Commission, habeas corpus; race relations; changes in law profession over past 25 years; stare decisis; and Fourth Circuit of Appeals.

4 audiotapes; cassette.Transcript (81 p.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7404198

Georgia State University

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