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520 a| Lawyer Mercer Cook was born on May 31, 1930, in Washington, D.C. He attended elementary school in Atlanta and high school in Washington, D. C. He earned his B. A. degree from Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1951; and his J. D. degree from the University of Chicago in 1956. Cook's grandfather, Will Marion Mercer Cook (1869 -1945) was a classically trained composer and collaborated on Broadway musicals. His father, (Will) Mercer Cook (1903-1987) was a U. S. Ambassador to Senegal and Nigeria. Cook began his career in private practice in 1957. From 1967 to 1970, Cook worked for the Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation. Next, Cook worked for the Illinois State Attorney's office in Cook County as an Assistant State's Attorney. In 1989, he was appointed Deputy State's Attorney. He returned to private practice in 1993 with the Gordon and Pikarski firm.;

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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Mercer Cook.

Format	Video (Streaming)
Publication	Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016].
Description	1 online resource (4 video files (1 hr., 44 min., 15 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Content	https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2003.300
Subjects	Cook, Mercer, 1930---Interviews. African Americans--Interviews.

Other author/creator	Cook, Mercer, 1930- interviewee.
Other author/creator	Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Other author/creator	Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
Other author/creator	HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title	History Makers video oral history with Mercer Cook
Portion of title	Mercer Cook
Abstract	Lawyer Mercer Cook was born on May 31, 1930, in Washington, D.C. He attended elementary school in Atlanta and high school in Washington, D. C. He earned his B. A. degree from Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1951; and his J. D. degree from the University of Chicago in 1956. Cook's grandfather, Will Marion Mercer Cook (1869 -1945) was a classically trained composer and collaborated on Broadway musicals. His father, (Will) Mercer Cook (1903-1987) was a U. S. Ambassador to Senegal and Nigeria. Cook began his career in private practice in 1957. From 1967 to 1970, Cook worked for the Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation. Next, Cook worked for the Illinois State Attorney's office in Cook County as an Assistant State's Attorney. In 1989, he was appointed Deputy State's Attorney. He returned to private practice in 1993 with the Gordon and Pikarski firm.
Credits	Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Performer	Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event note	Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2003 December 16.
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	A2003.300 HistoryMakers

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