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| Creator: | Smith, John McNeill, 1918- |
| Title: | Oral history interview with McNeill Smith |
| Date: | 1977 Mar. 7 |
| Description: | Oral history in which McNeill Smith describes how his career in law began, gives some of his early work experiences, and tells of his involvement in associations such as the United World Federalists. He primarily discusses the Junius Scales case, including explanation of the Smith Act, and the Speaker Ban Act case, including a history of previous related events and events leading up to the Ban. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Oral histories | Transcripts |
| Subjects: | Smith, John McNeill, 1918- | Scales, Junius Irving--Trials, litigation, etc. | Lawyers--North Carolina--Greensboro | Communism--United States | Communist trials--United States | Trials (Political crimes and offenses)--United States | Greensboro (N.C.) | Guilford County (N.C.) |
| Collection: | Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles |
| Institution: | University of North Carolina at Greensboro's University Libraries |
| Contributors: | University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries | Greensboro Public Library (Greensboro, N.C.) | Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro | Greensboro Voices Collection (University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries) |
| Online Publisher: | Greensboro, N.C. : University Libraries, University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 2006 |
| Original Material: | Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library |
| Related Materials: | Forms part of online collection: Greensboro Voices. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://library.uncg.edu/depts/archives/civrights/detail-iv.asp?iv=127 |
