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Oral History of Charles T. Duncan
INDEX
Acheson, David, 119, 121, 130, 133
African-Americans, 10–12, 15, 76–78, 79–82
in the military, 16–21, 54–55, 62–63, 68, 70–71, 73–74
lawyers, 95–96, 103, 115–16, 135, 137
American Nazi Party, 112
Anderson, Marian, 37
armed services
deferments, 9, 53–54, 55
discrimination in, 21, 54–55, 70–71, 73–74
segregation of, 9, 16, 54, 62
selective service system, 9, 16, 52–54
Astaire, Fred, 7
Attucks, Crispus, 62
Bannockburn, MD, 111–12
Baum, Victor, 24
Bazelon, David L., 119–20, 125
Berlin, Irving, 7
Bicks, Alexander, 108, 109, 127
Blackwell, Joel, 120, 121
Boudin, Leonard, 109–10
Braddock, James J., 80
Brennan, William, 104
Bryant, William B., 94, 121, 137
Burger, Warren, 119
Bush, George W., 58
Campbell, Robert, 120
Carter, Robert L., 98
Charlotte, William, 111
civil rights, 12, 16, 73, 103–105, 107, 124
Civil Rights Act of 1964, 105, 124
Clark, Kenneth, 99
clerkships, 86–87
Cohen, Martin, 24
Coleman, William T., 24, 77, 86–87, 101, 103
communism, 107, 109
Cox, Archibald, 25
Dartmouth College
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and discrimination, 8, 75–76
World War II effect on, 52–53, 55-56
David, King, 126–27
Davis, John W., 100
death penalty, 130
District of Columbia, 34
Bar Association, 115, 135–36
Corporation Counsel, 120, 122
Court of General Sessions, 122, 123
discrimination in, 11–12, 25
home rule, 110
schools, 43–44
segregation of, 10–14, 31, 38–39, 43
stores, 10–11, 38, 41–42
Superior Court, 132, 133, 136
U.S. Attorney, 119, 121–22
Office structure, 133–35, 136
Democratic Central Committee, 106, 107
Douglas, Frederick, 106
Duncan, Charles T. – Personal
attitude, 137–38
birth, 2, 31–32
British experience, 4, 44–46, 49
cultural experiences, 14–15, 40–41
education, early, 2–4, 39–40
Dartmouth College, 7–8, 10, 15–16, 22–23, 51–53, 55–56, 75–76, 77, 79
father (natural), 1, 3, 31, 32–33, 46, 84–85
father (step-), 1 3–4, 32, 35–36, 44, 83
and George Gershwin, 4–7, 37
friends, 23–24
Garnet-Patterson Junior High School, 3, 4, 39–40, 43, 44, 46, 49
Harvard Law School, 8, 22–23, 79, 84, 86–87, 103
professors, 24–25
intern for National Labor Relations Board, 85
interviews with law firms, 26, 88
military deferment, 9, 10, 55, 63–64
mother, 1, 3, 31, 32, 33, 34–37, 43–44, 47, 74, 110
Mount Hermon Preparatory School for Boys, 3–4, 7, 8, 40, 46–51, 56
in New York City, 27–28, 87
Phi Beta Kappa, 15, 22, 75, 83
and segregated childhood, 10–11, 12–15, 38–42
son, 86, 87
U.S. Navy experience, 16, 59–62
ensign on oil tanker, 19–22, 68–72
midshipmen’s school, 9–10, 17–19, 64–67
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in Office of Public Information, 22, 69, 74–75
wife (first – Dorothy), 23, 44, 83–84
wife (second – Pamela), 24, 35, 77, 111-12
Duncan, Charles T. – Professional
on Brown case legal team, 97–103, 105
on Brown impact, 103–105, 124
Chief of the Appellate Division, 118–19, 131–32
Court of General Sessions cases, 123
Glen Echo Park case, 107, 110–14, 115, 130
on Home Rule Committee, 110
Jackson case, 107–109, 114, 115, 127–28, 130
with Lawson, McKenzie & Robinson, 28–29, 90–93, 95
Medal of Freedom award, 102
member of the Democratic Central Committee, 106, 107
Morgan case, 123–26, 128–29
principal assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, 106, 111, 113, 116–18,
119, 121–22, 123–24, 129–31, 133, 134–38
with Reeves, Robinson & Duncan, 29, 31, 96–97, 105
relationship with Aubrey Robinson, 93–95
with Robinson & Duncan, 29, 95–96
with Rosenman, Goldmark, Colin & Kaye, 27–28, 88–90
U.S. District Court trials, 122, 132
William Brennan Award, 50
Duncan, Dorothy, 23, 44, 83–84
Duncan, John D., 106
Duncan, Nancy Gladys Jackson, 1, 3, 31, 32, 33, 34–37, 43–44, 47, 74, 110
Duncan, Pamela, 24, 35, 77, 111–12
Duncan, Todd, 1, 3–4, 32, 35–36, 44, 83
and George Gershwin, 4–7, 37
Evans, Mary Delaney, 4
Frankfurter, Felix, 86, 99, 101, 105
Freedman, Monroe H., 125–26
Gershwin, 4–7, 37
GI Bill, 22, 84
Gilchrist, Thomas, 127
Goldberg, Arthur J., 113
Greenberg, Jack, 98
Greene, Harold H., 113
Griswold, Erwin, 24–25
Halle, Kay, 6–7
Hamptman, Al, 133
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Harris, L. Archie, 123–24
Harvard Law School, 24–25, 79, 84, 86–87, 103
Hastie, William H., 98–99
Hayes, George Edward Chalmers, 81–82
Hemings, Sally, 33, 77
Hill, Oliver, 114
Houston, Charles S., 11–12
Humphrey, Hubert, 110
Jackson, James E., Jr., 107, 109, 114, 128
Jakes, David, 17, 65
Jefferson, Thomas, 33, 77–78
Johnson, Lyndon B., 121
Jordan, Vernon, 77
Kaufman, Mary, 128
Kennedy, John F., 96, 105, 108
Kern, Jerome, 7
King, Colbert I. (“Colby”), 112
Korman, Milton, 132
Kronheim, Milton S., Sr., 120
Lane-Reticker, Edward, 24
Lawson, Belford V., Jr., 28, 29, 30, 90, 92
Lawson, Belford V., III, 29–30
Levant, Oscar, 7
Louis (Barrow), Joe, 79–81
Marshall, Thurgood, 82, 100–101
McKenzie, Marjorie M., 28, 90, 92
Menuhin, Yehudi, 14, 41
Miller, Doris (“Dorrie”), 63
Miller, Wilbur, 125
Moore, Luke, 123–24, 133
Morgan, Daniel Jackson Oliver Wendell Holmes, 123–26
Motley, Constance Baker, 98, 102
Moultrie, H. Carl, 93
Murrow, Edward R., 89
NAACP Legal and Educational Defense Fund, 97, 98
Nabrit, James M., Jr., 82, 114
Pair, Hubert B., 120
Pearl Harbor, 56–58, 63
Perkins, Gloria, 14, 41
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Phillips, John Tyler, 4
Pollak, Louis, 102
Porgy and Bess, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 37
Porter, Cole, 7
Powell, Colin, 77
Preiskel, Barbara S., 77
Rauh, Joseph L., Jr., 114
Reese, Harold Henry (“Pee Wee”), 81
Reeves, Frank, 29, 96–97, 105, 107, 114, 135
Robeson, Paul, 37
Robinson, Aubrey Eugene, 28–29, 90, 92–95, 107, 135
Robinson, Jack (“Jackie”), 79, 81
Rockwell, George Lincoln, 112
Rodgers, Richard, 7
Rogers, Joseph, 94
Rosenman, Samuel I., 88
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 21, 71
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 6, 21, 57, 88
Rovner, Edmond F., 112–13
Schlei, Norbert A., 113
Schmeling, Max, 79–80
September 11, 2001, 56–59
Silard, John, 112
Smith Act, 108, 109, 114, 128
State Commission Against Discrimination (SCAD), 26
Stein, Sidney, 127
Thompson’s Restaurant case, 11–12
Tignor, Catherine, 34
Tignor, Charles A., 1, 3, 31, 32–33, 46, 84–85
Tignor, Charles A., Jr. See Duncan, Charles T.
Tignor, Madison, 34
Tignor, Robert, 1, 34
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 131–32
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 122, 131–32
U.S. Supreme Court, 12, 81–82, 98, 103, 111, 113, 114, 129
USS Platt, 19, 69
Vietnam War, 54
Walker, Fred E. (“Dixie”), 81
Walker, Madam C. J., 77
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Waller, Thomas Wright (“Fats”), 7
Washington, George T., 119
Washington, Walter, 32, 33
Weinstein, Jack, 102
Weissman, Norman, 24
Westwood, Howard, 24–25
Wilkinson, Bob, 8
Williams, Juan, 82
Williams, Paul, 127
Wilson, Clerow (“Flip”), 25
World War II, 9, 44, 50–54, 59, 62–63, 68
See also Pearl Harbor
Yale Law School, 84
Zumwalt, Elmo R., Jr., 74
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Cases Cited
Bolling v. Sharpe, 347 U.S. 497 (1954), 99
Brown v. Board of Education (II), 349 U.S. 294 (1955), 97–100
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (I), 347 U.S. 483 (1954), 82, 99, 103–105, 124
District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co., Inc., 346 U.S. 100 (1953), 11–12
Green v. County School Board of New Kent County, 391 U.S. 430 (1968), 104
Griffin v. Maryland, 378 U.S. 130 (1964), 107, 110–14
Hubbard v. United States, 514 U.S. 695 (1995), 129
Jackson case: United States v. Stein, 140 F. Supp. 761, 107–109, 114, 127–28
Lurk v. United States, 366 U.S. 712 (1961), 119
Morgan v. United States, 309 F.2d 234, 237 (D.C. Cir. 1962), 123–26, 128–29
United States v. Poindexter, 951 F.2d 369 (D.C. Cir. 1991), 128