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Roman Gribbs Oral History
Item
Identifier: UOH002286
Abstract
In August-September 2004, labor historian Mike Smith conducted a series of three interviews with former Detroit mayor Roman Gribbs. Collection consists of recordings and transcripts for a series of three interviews. Gribbs discusses his background, education, and early career in law and law enforcement, including his time as sheriff of Wayne County following the 1967 civil unrest, and his time as mayor, from 1970 to 1974.
Dates:
2004-08-07 - 2004-09-17
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Wade H. McCree, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: UP000822
Abstract
Wade Hampton McCree, Jr. began his career as a lawyer in the Detroit law firm of Harold E. Bledsoe and Hobart Taylor. He later served on the state’s Workmen’s Compensation Commission and as a judge in the county and U.S. court system. During his tenure on the bench, McCree took part in a number of school desegregation cases iand as the government’s lawyer, he argued a number of significant cases before the Supreme Court. He resigned in 1977 to accept appointment as U.S. Solicitor General in the...
Dates:
1937 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1954 - 1987
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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