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Oral History of Honorable Arthur Burnett, Sr.
Index
100 Black Men of America, 119
Abramson, Fred, 55
Abramson, Shirley, 46, 98
Administrative Office of the United States Courts, 38, 41
Alex Haley Farm, 80
American Bar Association (ABA), 42-44, 92, 98, 109, 123
American Correctional Association, 127
Bail Reform Act, 42, 45-47, 93-94, 97
Bailey, Clyde, 84
Bailey, Jean, 118
Barry, Marion, 100
Bell, Griffin, 49-50, 66
Berman, Emile Zola, 14
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of America, 118-19
Bilchik, Shay, 121
Boggs, Linda, 124
Boykin. Frank W., 25-28, 33
Brown v. Board of Education, (case), 3, 10-12, 113
Brown, Lee P., 110
Brownell, Herb, 13
Brucker, William, 20
Burnett, Arthur, Sr., – Personal
Air Force ROTC, 19
eyesight disqualification for pilot training, 19
Army Adjutant General Corps, Personnel Administration, 21
Benjamin F.Butler Law Club President, 16
birth, 1
Spotsylvania County, Virginia, 1
farming enterprises, 3-4, 17-18
FBI 21-26, 30-32, 75
tapes, 22
Howard University, 4, 8, 11-12, 19, 84, 113
summa cum laude, 19
Howard University Law School, 113
interest in law school, 4
JAG commission, Judge Advocate General, 19
John J. Wright High School, 2-3
New York University (NYU), 14-15, 19
Benjamin F. Butler Law Club president, 16
Law Review, 16
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Omega Phi Psi, 10, 19, 119
segregation, 3, 7, 10-11, 14, 17
summer jobs, 7
Summit Elementary School, 2
Burnett, Arthur, Sr., – Professional
ABA
first African-American to Chair a Conference of Judges, 98
Judicial Clerkship Program, 43
lecturer, 42
abortion demonstrators, 76
adoption cases, 78- 82
Alex Haley Farm, 80
Attorney General Honors Program, 127
Chair of the Education Committee, 91
Charles English Award, 123
Children’s Defense Fund, 80
Civil Service Commission, 48-49, 54-55
Assistant General Counsel, 48, 50, 55-56, 58-59
Coalition of Black Professional Organizations, 85
Conference of Special Court Judges, 98
Episcopal Lay Minister, 106
Fathers and Families Coalition of America, 125
Federal Bar Association, 49, 66
Chair of Magistrates Committee, 48
foster care cases, 77, 79
House of Representatives Post Office and Civil Service Committee, 61
Judicial Nomination Commission, 63
Legal Advisor to the President, 59
National African-American Drug Policy Coalition, 110
Executive Director, 85, 110
National Bar Association, 83-84, 117, 119
National Judicial College, 92-93
National Judicial College for State Court Judges, 44
National Medical Association, 86
speaker, 89
Obama Administration, 86, 88-89
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, 61, 70
State Transfer Act, 82
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 52
confirmation, 66, 72
senior judge status, 79, 80, 85, 105, 110
temporary guardianships, 81-82
termination of parental rights, 77, 79-80
United States Civil Service Commission, 55, 58-59
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (interview), 63
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United States Court of Military Appeals (interview), 63
United States Department of Justice
Acting Deputy Chief of the General Crimes Section, 23-24
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
first Black to be appointed magistrate, 41
sabbatical, 85, 89, 106, 110
second term, 66
Youth Court, 121
Vice-President, 122
Vietnam War demonstrators, 76
White House award, 88
Burnett, Arthur, II (son), 89, 131
Johns Hopkins University 84
St. Anselm Abbey School, 132
Viagra, 124, 132-33
Burnett, Darlisa Ann (Lisa) (daughter), 135
Ford Motor Company, 134
Burnett, Darnellena Christalynn (daughter), 130
George Mason School of Law, 131
Hampton University, 131
VPI (Virginia Tech), 131
Burnett, Darryl Lawford (son), 89, 133
Obama, Barack campaign manager, 90
Burnett, Dionne (daughter)
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, 135
Burnett, Frisbieann Lloyd (wife), 128
Blessed Sacrament School, 129
Charity Hospital, 128
Xavier University, 128
Burnett, Lena (mother), 1, 5, 81
Burnett, Richard Earl (brother), 6
Burnett, Robert (father), 1, 5-7, 13, 82
California v. Robinson (case), 111
Campbell, Alan (Scotty), 57
Carey, Michael, 108
Carter, Jimmy, 59, 64-66
CBS Broadcasting Company, 69
Children’s Defense Fund, 80, 83
Civil Service Commission, 48-50, 55-56, 58-59
Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, 60, 62
Clark, Thomas (Tom), 18, 41, 91
Clinton, Hillary, 80, 121
Coalition of Black Professional Organizations, 85
Coburn, Frank, 10
Coleman v. Burnett (case), 96
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Colorado Department of Education, 126
Combs, Sadie, 3
Congressional Black Caucus, 88
Foundation, 84, 123
Congressional Research Service, 113
Criminal Justice (magazine), 123
Cullinane, Maurice, 37
Davis, Danny, 113
Davis, Lenora Burnett (sister), 6
Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, 12-13
Doyle, John, 38, 41
Edelman, Marian Wright, 79-80, 83, 121
Edlin, J. Kenneth, 24, 26-27, 29
Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, 88, 123
Farmville-Prince Edward County school cases, 12-14
FBI, 23, 25, 30, 32, 75
Federal Judicial Center, 38, 41, 91, 93-94
Federal Magistrates Act, 101
Finn, John, 51
Frazier, E. Franklin, 9
Freelance Star (newspaper), 18
Gasch, Oliver, 37, 95, 99-100
Global Youth for Justice Program, 121
Goodbread, Ronald, 105
Goodman, Carl, 47, 55
Hart, George, 37, 40
Hatch Act, 60
Hill, Oliver, 12
Hinckley, John, 75
Hoffa, Jimmy, 23-24
Hoffman, Walter, 41
Innovation in Reducing Juvenile Crime and Recidivism (Lambert), 123
Jarrett, Valerie, 88
Jet (magazine), 1
Johnson, Mordecai, 11
Johnson, Thomas F. (Tom), 26, 27-29, 33
Jones, Nathaniel, 107
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (periodical)
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“Evaluation of Affidavits and Issuance of Search Warrants: a Practical Guide for Magistrates.”
(Burnett), 92
Judicial Conference of the United States, 97
Karim, Talib, 123
Kennedy Administration, 26
Kennedy, Henry, 50
Kennedy, John (Jack), 21-22, 31
Kennedy, Robert (Bobby), 21-26, 29- 33
Kennedy, Edward (Ted), 49-50, 66
Kerner Commission
See National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders
Kessler, Gladys, 85
Lambert, Laura Lothman, 123
Lamberth, Royce, 70-71
Layton, John, 37
Leahy, Patrick, 83
Lee, Sheila Jackson, 123
Lewis, Eleanor, 2
Little Rock Nine, 14
Marshall, Thurgood, 12-14, 91
Martin Luther King, 21, 24, 29, 32-34, 126
McGee, Milton, 127
Meeks, Dwayne, 125
Meese, Edwin (Ed), 70
Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), 60
Miller, Herbert J., 23
Morris, Rosalee, 118
NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), 13-14, 113
Nabrit, James, 12-14
National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, 106
National African-American Drug Policy Coalition, 85, 87, 111, 113, 116, 118-20, 123, 125
National Bar Association, 83-84, 117, 119
Nixon, Richard
resignation, 40, 53
Nizer, Louis, 14
Norton, Eleanor Holmes, 58
NYU (New York University), 14-15, 19
Obama, Barack, 90, 116
Obama, Michelle Robinson, 89, 132
One Hundred Fathers, 117, 120
Oregon Supreme Court, 92
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Organization for Procedural Justice in America, 106
Oswald, Lee Harvey, 22, 31
Parker, Barrington, 76
Peterson, Scott, 121-22
Youth Court program, 121
Pieces Never Missing Required in a Child’s Life (Meeks and Burnett), 125
Poston, Ersa, 57
Powell, Adam Clayton, 11
Primm, Beny, 110
Ragland, E. A., 3-4
Reagan, Ronald, 22, 64-65, 70, 75, 112
Rehnquist, William, 76
Reno, Janet, 121-22
Ribicoff, Abraham A., 62
Ripken, Cal, 121
Roberts, John, 97
Robinson, Aubrey, 50, 64-65
Robinson, Joseph, 119
Robinson, Spottswood, 12, 45, 97-98
Robinson, William L., 25-26, 29
Roth, William, 71, 113
Rowan, Carl, 74-75
Ruby, Jack, 22, 31
Sachs, Steve, 29
Sasser, James, 71
Satcher, David, 134
Savings and Loan Associations, 29
Scalia, Antonin, 118
Schmoke, Kurt, 113
Scott, A. L., 3
Scott, Bobby, 83
Second Chance Act, 113-15
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, 53
Senate Judiciary Committee, 49-50, 66
Siemer, Deanne, 63
Sirica, John, 37, 40, 53
Small Business Administration, 116
Snyder, Solomon, 132
Sobeloff, Simon, 28
Spellman, Gladys, 62
STEM4 (STEM4US), 123
Sugarman, Jule, 54, 57
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 51-55, 65-66, 70, 72, 76-80, 83, 85-86, 91, 103-06
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Supreme Court of the United States, 29, 38, 45, 57, 76, 83, 111
case law standards, 44
Reports, 9j1
The Black Bourgeoisie (Frazier), 9
Thomas, Clarence, 83
Thomsen, Roszel C., 27
Thurmond, Strom, 49-50, 66-67
Toldson, Marshella, 118
Tribe, Larry, 106
Tydings, Joseph, 25-26, 28, 31
Udall, Morris K., 62
Ugast, Fred, 72
Unis, Richard, 92
United States Commissioner System, 91
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 45
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 66
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 29
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 69
United State District Court for the District of Columbia
Commissioners, 40-41, 43
preliminary hearings, 41-42, 44-47, 97
Pretrial Examiner, 51, 10
Urbina, Ricardo, 73
Washington, Walter, 37
Washington Daily Law Reporter, 105
Watergate, 40
missing eighteen minutes of tape, 53
White, Byron R., 23
Williams, Edward Bennett, 27
Wilson, Jerry, 37
Wisconsin Supreme Court, 46, 98
