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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Richard Clayter
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Richard Clayter.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Physical Description
1 online resource (7 video files (3 hr., 14 min.)) : sound, color.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Lawyer Richard L. Clayter, Jr. was born on July 28, 1922, in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Englewood High School on Chicago's south side. He earned his B.A. degree in sociology at DePaul University; his M.A. degree in social work at Loyola University Chicago School of Social Work, and his J.D. degree at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. He is a World War II veteran. In 1958, he represented the Charles S. Jackson Company in its lawsuit against the Oak Wood Cemetery. The company had refused to cremate bodies brought by the Jackson Company. In1959, Clayter won the lawsuit, effectively ending Oak Wood's racially discriminatory policies. In 2005, he was the recipient of the Outstanding Sole Practitioner Award from the Center for Disability and Elder Law and the Lifetime Achievement Award from The Original Forty Club of Chicago. Clayter passed away on July 22, 2013, three days from his 91st birthday.
Variant and related titles
History Makers video oral history with Richard Clayter
Richard Clayter
HistoryMakers. OCLC KB.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 04, 2021
Credits
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Performers
Thomas Jefferson, interviewer.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Oral histories.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Also listed under
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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