The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable James R. Spencer.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]. |
| Description | 1 online resource (7 video files (3 hr., 5 min., 36 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2016.132 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Spencer, James R., 1949- interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Hickey, Matthew, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with The Honorable James R. Spencer |
| Portion of title | Honorable James R. Spencer |
| Abstract | Judge James R. Spencer was born on March 25, 1949 in Florence, South Carolina. He obtained his B.S. degree from Clark College in Atlanta, Georgia in 1971, and his J.D. degree from Harvard Law School in 1974. He went on to graduate from the Judge Advocate General's School in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1975 and from the Howard University School of Divinity in 1985. Spencer served under civil rights activist Marian Wright Edelman at the Washington Research Project in 1967. He worked for the Atlanta Legal Aid Society, the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, and the U.S. Attorney's Office, before being appointed the first African American federal judge in the Eastern District of Virginia in 1986. He served as the district's chief justice, starting in 2004, and became senior judge in 2014. Spencer also served as associate pastor of 3rd Union Baptist Church in King William, Virginia. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer | Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Richmond, Virginia 2016 December 8. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2016.132 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |