Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Howard Moore, Jr.
Howard Moore, Jr.
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| Other authors / contributors: | Moore, Howard, 1932- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Recorded Berkeley, California 2007 April 14.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Civil rights lawyer Howard Moore, Jr. was born on February 20, 1932 in Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from Howard High School in 1950. Earning his B.A. degree in political science from Morehouse College in 1954, he obtained his LL.B degree from Boston University Law School in 1960. Moore clerked for United States District Court Judge Charles E. Wyzanski, Jr. Moore played a major role with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in the Supreme Court cases of Georgia v. Peacock and Georgia v. Rachel. Moore represented Julian Bond in his successful fight to take his historic seat in the Georgia House of Representatives in 1966. In 1971, Moore moved to Berkeley, California to become a part of the Angela Davis defense team with Leo Branton, Margaret Burnham and Doris Brin Walker. Married to Jane Bond Moore, he established the firm of Moore and Moore and practiced law in Oakland, California.
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