ORAL HISTORY OF FREDERICK DOUGLAS COOKE JR. Index

ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now), 208 ambulance(s) service delivery, 139-40, 144, 201
Amos, Carmen, 202
Amos, Kent, 202

Arent Fox, 229
Arnold and Porter, 229

Bardon, Don, 90
Barry, Marion, 99, 105, 110, 116-18, 128, 136, 139, 161, 166, 197, 211, 230-34, 236, 242

advances (retreats), 138 Fisk University

PhD Chemistry, 118
National Conference of Black Mayors, 144
Pride, Inc., 107, 118
Ramada Inn incident, 131, 170
SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee), 107 Vista Hotel arrest, 141, 182

Battle of Rorke’s Drift, 92
Baxt, Lenny, 84
Bell, Hattie (maternal grandmother), 1
Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyers Association (BESLA), 101
Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyers Association formerly Black Entertainment Lawyers

Association (BELA), 99 Bolling v. Sharpe, 13 Bouknight, Reynard, 26 Bradley, Tom, 93

Brittain, John, 43, 47-48
Brown v. Board of Education, 13, 16 Brown, James, 74-75
Brown, Willie, 93
Bryant, Bill, 59
Business Week, 216

Cable Television Design Commission, 90 Cheney, James, 64
Chisholm, Elwood, 38
Christian Coalition, 208

Clayton, Buck, 75-76
Cohen, Vinnie, 102
Cole, Carol Thompson, 132, 154, 168
Comcast Corporation, 90
Community Academy Public Charter School, 200

A-1

Cooke, Annie Leon Ellis (mother), 1-3, 6, 16, 19, 68-69, 76, 94 protective, 12

sickness and death, 65, 72 Cooke, Calvin (brother), 14-15
Cooke, Deborah (sister), 14-15
Cooke, Frederick Douglas, Jr.- Personal

Air Force, 26-27, 31-32, 44, 50, 52, 59-60, 62, 63- 67, 77- 81, 85, 87, 192 Chief of Military Justice, 73
Cocoa Beach, 57, 71-72, 84
InterService Transfer, 69

Second lieutenant, 84
Andrews Air Force Base, 65
Banneker Junior High School, 8, 19 Baptist Church, 56, 67-68
birth, 1
Bolling Air Force Base, 65 Bruce-Monroe Elementary School, 15-16 civil rights demonstrations, 6
decision to become a lawyer, 32-33 District of Columbia

racial aspect change, 18
Griffith Stadium, 16-17
Howard University, 9, 12, 16, 23- 29, 33- 35, 39, 41-43, 55, 61, 80, 96, 118, 171, 182, 188,

217-18, 222, 243 controversies, 29 experience, 56-57 jazz, 28
psychology degree, 36 ROTC, 25-27

Howard University Law School, 36, 182, 243 curriculum, 39

Ford Foundation Scholarship, 36, 38 law review, 23, 40, 57, 61
LSAT, 33-34
magna cum laude, 23-24 Mississippi Project, 41-42

Jenner and Block, 57-58
JozArz Therapeutic Charter High School, 200 Judge Advocate General Department, 77 McKinley Technical High School, 9, 25, 28

behavior, deportment problem, 19 engineering and physics program, 9
Junior ROTC, 25, 41-5, 47, 48-50, 53, 57-59 virulent racism, 44

music, 73-76
National Conference of Law Reviews, 40, 61

A-2

North Mississippi Rural Legal Services, 41 Patrick Air Force Base, 52, 78
political involvement, 109, 216 Professional Officers Corps (POC), 27 Ramstein Air Force Base, 79

Raymond Elementary School, 15-16, 18-19 Temptations, 74
University of Southern Illinois, 10-12
U.S. Attorneys Office (summer job), 58, 60

Cooke, Frederick Douglas, Jr.- Professional
Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyers Association formerly Black Entertainment Lawyers

Association, 99
Board of Archbishop John Carroll High School, 228
Board of Governors of the Bar, 228
Board of Professional Responsibility, 198
Board of the Community Academy Public Charter School, 228 Board of Trustees of the Public Defender Service, 196
Board of Unity Health Care, 228
cable television, 86

devoid of minorities and women, 87

franchising, 183
Cable Television Design Commission, 90
Commission on Judicial Tenure and Disability, 197
Community Academy Public Charter School, 200
Convention Center. See Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Corporation Counsel, 19, 105-07, 109, 111-12, 115, 116-18, 120-21, 124-28, 131, 134, 141-

42, 142, 149-50, 152, 166-67, 182, 211, 230 Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 84
D.C. Bar Board of Governors, 195
Dow Lohnes and Albertson, 80, 84, 117, 171, 174, 176

hiring committee, 98, 176 litigation, 173
partner, 117

Fannie Mae, 78
Federal Communications Bar Association, 99
Federal Elections Commission (FEC), 207
Hearing Committee Member for the Board of Professional Responsibilities, 197, 228 higher education work, 81, 95
Hinckley, John, 127
Hospitality High School, 242
intellectual property work, 81, 97, 101
KILII radio (Rosebud Indian Reservation in Porcupine, SD), 96
Marriott Hospitality Charter School, 200
Merrill Lynch, 178
National Association of Attorneys General, 142
National Bar Association, 102

A-3

National Basketball Players Association, 177 National Conference of Black Lawyers, 103

Communications Task Force, 102
National Football League Players Association, 177
National Hockey League Players Association, 188
National Telecommunications Information Administration, 83 overcrowding at the D.C. Jail and Lorton Prison, 121
Rubin, Winston, Diercks, Harris & Cooke, 173, 226

partner, 103
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, 125
statehood issue, 188
telecommunications work, 87, 171
The National Rainbow Coalition, 175
transactional work, 117
United States Patent and Trademark Office, 173
Urban Family Institute, 202
U.S. Attorneys Office, 63
Verizon Center, 242
Washington Bar Association, 102
Washington Convention Center. See Walter E. Washington Convention Center youth violence, 215

Cooke, Frederick Douglas, Sr. (father), 2-7, 9, 10, 12, 17, 49, 63-64, 72, 109-10, 117 Army, 2-3
Baptist Church, 76
cab driver, 76-77

Navy Department mail clerk, 3
Cooke, Herbert (paternal grandfather), 2
Cooke, Michelle Anne (daughter), 101
Cooke, Rachel (daughter), 17
Cooke, Vanessa (sister), 14
Cooke, William (Billy) (brother), 14
Copyright Revision Act of 1976, 83
Cornell University, 37, 104
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA), 165 Covington & Burling, 105, 116
Cox Communications, 88-91
crack epidemic, 142, 144

Davis, Tom, 193
DeMint, Jim, 240
Democratic National Committee, 207 diGenova, Joe, 113, 118, 128 Dinkins, David, 93
D.C. District of Columbia

Home Rule, 218-19, 238
Office of the Attorney General (formerly Corporation Counsel), 111

A-4

race factor in statehood issue, 194
Receiving Home for Children, 157
Dow Lohnes and Albertson, 80, 84, 117, 171, 174, 176

hiring committee, 98, 176 litigation, 173
partner, 117

Downs, Tom, 139
Draper, George, 61, 78, 81, 103 Dyke, Jim, 106

Eagleton, Thomas, 61
Eikenberry, Ken, 143
Elliot, Inez, 22
Ellis, Hayward (maternal grandfather), 1

FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), 31, 113, 128, 147, 163, 212 FCC (Federal Communications Commission), 88, 93, 97

Minority Ownership Task Force Report, 81 Federal Elections Commission (FEC), 206-07 Fenty, Adrian, 239
Golden, Don, 90, 105-09, 116

Goode, Wilson, 93 Graham, Lindsey, 240 Gregg, Donna, 91 Gregory, Robin, 28 Griffith Stadium, 16-17

Hamer, Fannie Lou, 52 Harvard University, 34 Hinckley, John, 126-27

John Howard Pavilion, 127
Holder, Eric, 221-23
homicides, 141
Hospitality High School, 242
Howard University, 9, 12, 16, 23- 29, 33- 35, 39, 41-43, 55, 61, 80, 96, 118, 171, 182, 188, 217-

18, 222, 243 controversies, 29 experience, 56-57 jazz, 28
psychology degree, 36 ROTC, 25-27

Howard University Law School, 36, 182, 243 curriculum, 39
law review, 57
Mississippi Project, 41-42

Howard University School of Social Work, 162 A-5

Howard University Theater, 75 Humphrey, Skip, 143

Jackson, Alfonso, 161
Jackson, Jesse, 47, 85, 93, 175-76, 187-90, 206

The National Rainbow Coalition, 176, 206, 208 Jackson, Maynard, 193
Jarvis, Charlene Drew, 99
Jefferson, Bill, 240

Jenner and Block, 57-58 John Howard Pavilion, 127

See also St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Jordan, Vernon, 102
JozArz Therapeutic Charter High School, 200 juvenile violence, 142

Keary, Ann O’Regan, 125 Kelly, Sharon Pratt, 178, 239 Kennard, Francis, 32 Kennedy, Ted, 190

KILII radio station (Rosebud Indian Reservation in Porcupine, SD), 96 King, Martin Luther, 30, 32, 51, 222
Ku Klux Klan, 5

Lewis, Delano, 168 Lewis, John, 32 Lockridge, Calvin, 155-56 Look (magazine), 50 Lorton Reformatory, 138

overcrowding, 121 Louis, Joe, 100

Marriott Hospitality Charter School, 200 Marshall, Thurgood, 38
martial law in the District of Columbia, 30 Matthews, Jack, 91

McKinley Technology High School, 8, 9, 13, 20, 24, 28 McMillan, John, 195
Miller, Arnie, 106
Mississippi, 41-45, 47-50, 53, 57-59

shotgun houses, 45

virulent racism, 49-51 Moore, Luke, 59 Moore, Rasheeda, 131 Morris, Sammie, 153 Mundy, Ken, 170

A-6

Nabrit, Jim, 38
National Conference of Black Mayors, 144 National League of Cities, 144
New Haven Firefighters decision, 222 Newman, Ted, 154
North Carolina, 1, 3, 5, 6, 12, 16, 44, 68, 77

racism, 5-7, 45 segregation, 2, 4-5

Oak Hill Center, 157
Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, 146
Office of the U.S Attorney, 58, 62, 97, 127, 165-66, 223

diGenova, Joe, 113, 118, 128
local agencies and, 163-64
investigation of the government of Marion Barry, 113 juvenile prosecution, 142

Paula, Carlos, 17
Pendleton, Florence, 189
Perry, Bill, 84
Perry, Elnore (maternal grandmother), 2 Price, Warren, 143
Pride Inc, 118
Public Safety Cluster, 152

racial transition in DC, 18 racism, 5, 7, 45, 51, 218, 224 Ramsey, Henry, 182
Ray, Gil, 35, 57

Reagan Administration, 82
Reid, Herbert, 107, 118, 231
Reid, Inez Smith, 117
Republican National Committee, 207 Rhodes, George, 22-23

Ricci v. DeStefano, 224
Rogers, Judith (Judy), 142
ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps), 24, 26, 30 Rowan, Carl, Jr., 146, 209-13, 215
Rubin, Winston, Diercks, Harris & Cooke, 173, 226

Sanders, Alex, 44
Sanford, Mark, 237
Saturday Evening Post (magazine), 50 Sayers, Gale, 93
school violence, 156

A-7

Schwartz, Carol, 99
segregation in rural North Carolina, 4
Sharpton, Al, 177
Sherwood, Tom, 141
Shuker, Bob, 60
Smith, Clay, 35, 56
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, 125-26, 128
Starling, Merlin, 63
Steptoe and Johnson, 101
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), 107, 118, 192, 230 Suda, John, 116
Sutton, Percy, 85, 90-91, 93, 96, 176

Tasby, Willie, 17
Taylor,, Charles, 131
TCI (TeleCommunications, Inc.), 90
Teague, Josephine, 18
Temptations, 91
The Miseducation of the Negro (Carter G. Woodson), 51 The National Rainbow Coalition, 175-76, 206-08

See also Jackson, Jesse
The Nine Lives of Marion Barry (movie), 233 The Washington Informer, 210
The Washington Post, 67, 141, 206, 208 Thomas, Henry, 20
Till, Emmett, 49-50
Toohey, Daniel, 80-81, 84
Treadwell, Mary, 107
Turkus, Al, 97
Turner, Maurice, 153

Unity Health Care, Inc. (formerly Health Care for the Homeless), 183, 198-99 Urban Family Institute, 202

Verizon Center, 242 Vietnam War, 26, 29, 66 Virginia

racism, 5

Wagner, Annice, 197
Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 242 Washington Senators, 17
Washington, Eric, 153
Washington, Harold, 93
Washington, Walter, 238
Washingtonian Magazine, 192

A-8

WCHB (Detrit radio station), 90 We Were Soldiers (movie), 26 White, John, 141, 168 Williams, Hal, 158, 170 Williams, Tony, 239

Wilmot, David, 237
Woods, Marion Jerome, 136 Wright, Bob, 89

youth violence, 215 Zax, Leonard, 178

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