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An Oral History with Reuben Anderson
This oral history is provided through a cooperative project of USM Libraries and USM's Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage It is presented here for reference purposes only. Interviews in this collection are protected by copyright and PERMISSION TO PUBLISH MUST BE REQUESTED from the Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage. Please call ( 601) 266- 4574 for more information.
Biography
Reuben Vincent Anderson is a partner in the law firm of Phelps Dunbar, L. L. P. He received his B. A. degree from Tougaloo College and his J. D. degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1967. His professional experience includes Mississippi Associate Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., 1967- 75; a partner with Anderson, Banks, Nichols & Stewart, 1968- 77; municipal judge for the City of Jackson, 1975- 77; county court judge for Hinds County, 1977- 82; circuit court judge for the Seventh Circuit Court District, 1982- 85; Mississippi Supreme Court justice, 1985- 90; and Jamie L. Whitten Chair of Law and Government at the University of Mississippi, fall of 1995. He is a director of BellSouth; The Kroger Company; Trustmark National Bank; International Visitors Center; Jackson Chamber of Commerce; Jackson Council on Alcoholism; Jackson Enterprise Center; Jackson Zoo, Inc; Leadership Jackson ( past chairman); Mississippi Food Network; United Way of Capitol Area, Inc.; Nature Conservancy; American Arbitration Association; fellow of the Mississippi Bar Foundation and Metro Crime Association. Anderson is a trustee with the Ole Miss Alumni Association, Pine Woods Country Life School, R. H. Green Foundation, Tougaloo College ( chairman of the board), Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, and sits on the Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee for Mississippi. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Mississippi Bar Association ( president), the Hinds County Bar Association, the Magnolia Bar Association, the National Bar Association, 100 Black Men of Jackson, U. S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Bar Association, and U. S. Supreme Court Bar Association. Anderson is married to the former Phyllis Wright and they have two children, Raina and Vincent Anderson.
Topics Discussed
Education in Jackson Early civil rights attorneys Filing school desegregation suits Judges and courts Violence and danger Shortcomings of desegregation
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Object Description
| Title | Oral history with Reuben Anderson |
| Description | Oral history.; Interview conducted on December 18, 1997 with Reuben Anderson. He was the first African-American to graduate from Ole Miss Law School. His professional experience includes the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., 1967-75; municipal judge for the City of Jackson, 1975-77; county court judge for Hinds County, 1977-82; circuit court judge for the Seventh Circuit Court District, 1982-85; Mississippi Supreme Court justice, 1985-90; and Jamie L. Whitten Chair of Law and Government at the University of Mississippi, fall of 1995. |
| Date of interview | 18 December 1997 |
| Interviewer | Bolton, Charles C. |
| Coverage (time period) | 1950s-1960s |
| Resource type | Text |
| Format | Digital reproduction of a 15-page document. |
| Language | English |
| Publisher |
University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage. University of Southern Mississippi Libraries. (electronic version) |
| Contributors | Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services to the University of Southern Mississippi. |
| Notes | This item is part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. |
| Rights | Copyright protected. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required. |
| Contributing institution | Mississippi Oral History Program of the University of Southern Mississippi. |
| Digital repository | University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections. |
| Digital collection | Oral History. |
| File size | 219.971 KB |
| File extension | |
| Identifier | mus-coh.andersonr |
| File name | mus-coh.andersonr.pdf |
