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111 items
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Charles Z. Smith Interview Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-169-26)
Discussion of important current issues in the world
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Charles Z. Smith Interview Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1000-169-29)
African American versus Japanese American redress: "I think the only thing they have in common is the demand for redress"
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Charles Z. Smith Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-169-18)
Serving as Special Assistant to Attorney General Robert Kennedy in Washington, D.C.; working to prosecute James Hoffa
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Charles Z. Smith Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-169-9)
Enlisting in U.S. army as part of "rebellion" against mentor's influence
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Charles Z. Smith Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-169-10)
Serving in segregated military system: witnessing unequal treatment based on race
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Charles Z. Smith Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-169-7)
Influence of mentor over a ten-year period: age fourteen to twenty-four
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Charles Z. Smith Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-169-22)
An emotional reaction: remembering the assassination of Robert Kennedy
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Charles Z. Smith Interview Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1000-169-28)
Thoughts on Japanese American redress: "I was literally stunned"
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Charles Z. Smith Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-169-1)
Family background: "son of a Cuban immigrant and an African American mother"
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Charles Z. Smith Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-169-5)
A voracious appetite for reading as a child; starting school at age three
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Charles Z. Smith Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-169-4)
Musical background as a child: familiarity with African American spirituals
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Charles Z. Smith Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-169-24)
Message to young people: importance of public service
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Charles Z. Smith Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-169-20)
Serving in the Justice Department during the Civil Rights movement, but not directly participating
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Charles Z. Smith Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-169-2)
Ethnic identity growing up: son of a Cuban immigrant
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Charles Z. Smith Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-169-17)
Serving on the legal team in the prosecution of Dave Beck of the Teamsters union
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Charles Z. Smith Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-169-8)
Thoughts on the bombing of Pearl Harbor: "my thoughts were generated largely by the war propaganda"
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Charles Z. Smith Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-169-13)
First exposure to the Asian American experience through friends in Seattle, Washington
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Charles Z. Smith Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-169-3)
Growing up in a segregated town: "the world was divided between whites and blacks"
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Charles Z. Smith Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-169-6)
Starting college at age fourteen under guidance of mentor, Dr. William H. Gray, Jr.
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Charles Z. Smith Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-169-23)
Thoughts on difficult social issues in the United States: assassinations, racial lynchings, murders
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Charles Z. Smith Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-169-12)
Law school experience at the University of Washington: feeling satisfied with legal career choice
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Charles Z. Smith Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-169-15)
Thoughts on the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilian redress hearings: "it was moving, absolutely moving"
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Charles Z. Smith Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-169-14)
Learning about the Japanese American incarceration experience: participating in the first Day of Remembrance ceremonies
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Charles Z. Smith Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-169-19)
Investigating James Hoffa: security issues
