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Oral History of Robert P. Watkins
Index
American Colonization Society, 7
American Tennis Association (ATA), 12
Bergan, Ray, 88
Bowser. Bill, 10
Bres, David, 67, 74
Breyer, Stephen, 133
Bridges, Ruby, 83
Bryant, William B., 64-66
Califano, Joseph (Joe), 86, 88, 99, 106, 117
Champney, David, 32
Cheney, James, 50, 55
Collias, Arthur, 2-3
Collins, Jerry, 88
Congress of Federated Organizations, (COFO), 48
Connolly, Paul, 86, 88
Cooper, Nancy, 48, 51, 53
Court of General Sessions, 71-72
CSX, 106, 109-12
Davis, Wally, 31-32
Dennis, Marbu (brother-in-law), 7-8
Deutsch, Phil, 112-13
Federal Maritime Commission, 63, 67
Fisher, Bob, 36
Flannery, Thomas, 71, 74-75
Freedom House, 51, 53-55
Freedom Riders, 50
Galbraith, Kenneth, 38
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 133
Goldstein, Jonathan, 103, 120
Goodman, Andrew, 50, 55
Grace, Charles (“Daddy’), 65
Gray, Stefan, 111
Hall, Carsie, 53
Harrison, Bill, 14, 15
Harvard Crimson, 28, 112
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Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), 16
Jones (case), 119
Jones, Walter, 100, 102-03
jury nullification, 97
Kendall, David, 112
Kerner Commission, 70
Kerner Commission (National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders), 69-70
Kerner, Otto, 69
Knott, Paul, 30
Leventhal, Harold, 77
Liberia, 7- 8
Little Rock Nine, 83
Lusky, Louis, 59
Martin, John, 31-32
McConnell, Alan, 127
McDaniels, William (Bill), 84-85, 91, 99
McMullen, Ronnie, 5, 10
Moore, Luke, 83
Morgan, Ellsworth, 30
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 48
Nebeker, Frank, 76
New York Times, 45
Paulsen, Monrad, 60
Peori, Mike, 51
Povich, David, 92-96, 114, 117, 122-24, 127, 131
Povich, Maury, 93
Povich, Shirley, 93
racial segregation, 17
Raymond, George, 49
Robbins, Dave, 32
Robinson case, 116
Robinson, Bill, 48
Robinson, Charlie, 50-53
Robinson, Don, 114, 117-118, 123
Robinson, Eddie, 30
Robinson, Joan, 139
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Scarne on Gambling (Scarne), 94
Schwerner, Mickey, 50, 55
Seligman, Nicole, 112-13
Seymour, Gordon (“Buck”), 121-23
Shapiro, Dan, 48
Smith, Gordon, 32
Smith, James, 32
Socratic method, 58
Starr, Mike, 48, 53
Stern, Herb, 103
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC),, 48
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 71-72, 78-79, 84, 89, 93, 98, 111, 126
Tashner, Hans, 10
The Man to See (Thomas), 98
Thomas, Clarence, 133
Titus, Harold, 83
United States v. Zirpolo (case), 92
Vardaman, Jack, 112
Voting Rights Act., 57
Wald, Harkrader & Ross, 88
Wallboard (case), 121
Washington Post, 93, 102
Watkins, Ann, 140
Watkins, Ann (wife), 137, 140, 142-43Watkins, Jane (sister), 7
Watkins, Janet (sister), 7
Watkins,John (uncle), 12
Watkins, Kate Marian (mother), 6
militant, 17
Watkins, Robert – Personal
Alcott School, 1-6, 14
Boston Latin School, 3-5, 14-16, 18- 25, 29-31, 35, 37, 39, 41, 58, 60
Boy Scouts, 12, 33
Columbia Law School, 46-47, 81-82
Dwight School, 2-3
Ford Foundation, 68
Freedom Summer (voter registration project), 48
Girls Latin School, 22
Harvard, 9, 14-15, 24-27, 29, 31- 43, 47, 51, 60-61, 66, 112
Harvard Crimson, 28
July 6, 1937, in Boston, Massachusetts, at the Boston City, 1
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Law Students Civil Rights Council, 47
Omega Psi Phi. fraternity, 36
Sherwin, 3-6, 14
U.S. Army, 32, 45, 82
Watkins, Robert – Professional
attributes for a good trial lawyer, 134
change in the way law was practiced over the years,, 140
changes in the practice of law, 140
Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, DC, 67
Federal Maritime Commission, 67
Court of General Session, 76
Maritime Commission, 68, 70, 85
Social Security Administration, 43-44, 47, 49
U.S. Attorney’s Office, 68, 75, 80, 83, 85, 99
Assistant U.S. Attorney, 65, 67, 70-71, 86, 104-05, 116
Civil Rights Division, 56, 63, 67, 79-81, 83
Williams & Connolly, 83-85, 87–92, 96, 98-99, 105-06, 112, 114, 116-18, 126, 129, 131-32
Watkins, Matthew (son), 8, 62, 141
Watkins, Robert (son), 140
Watkins, Robert Patterson (father), 6
Watkins, Robert Patterson (grandfather), 9
Weinberg, 90, 92, 102, 104, 119, 121
Weinberg, Bob, 89-91, 98-99, 102, 104, 119, 121, 131
White, Frank, 83
Wickersham Commission, 70
Williams & Connolly, 83-85, 87-92, 96, 98-99, 105-06, 112, 114, 116-18, 126, 129, 131-32
Williams, Edward Bennett, 24, 25, 30, 83- 92, 98-106, 108, 116, 119-21, 125-26
illness, 130
Wolf, Paul, 131
Wright, Nancy, 51