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Russell Sugarmon Jr., Memphis lawyer and judge, 2000

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Sugarmon, Russell B., Jr. 1929-
Gritter, Elizabeth
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Oral history, Interviews, Memphis (Tenn.), Civil rights, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, City government, Voting, NAACP, Smith, Maxine, Education, Memphis City Council, Politics, Politics and government, Urban planning
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20001013_Russell_Sugarmon_Jr
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Everett R. Cook Oral History Collection
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In this interview, native Memphian Russell B. Sugarmon talks about his early life and recounts his prolific political career. He describes his early work reorganizing the previously weak Shelby County Democratic Club, his legal defense of demonstrators arrested during sit-ins, and his famous campaign to run for County Commissioner in 1959.