The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable DeLawrence Beard.

Circuit court judge the Honorable DeLawrence Beard was born on December 26, 1937 in Okolona, Arkansas. After serving in the U.S. Navy from 1957 to 1959, he went to the University of Missouri, where he earned a B.A. degree in 1964. Beard graduated from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 197...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection) (Production company)
Other Authors: Beard, DeLawrence, 1937- (Interviewee)
Crowe, Larry F. (Interviewer)
Stearns, Scott (director of photography.)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Subjects:
Beard, DeLawrence, > 1937- > Interviews.
African Americans > Interviews.
African Americans.
Circuit Court Judge.
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Genre:
Interviews.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (The HistoryMakers)
Physical Description:1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 20 min., 43 sec.)) : sound, color.
Variant Title:
History Makers video oral history with The Honorable DeLawrence Beard
Honorable DeLawrence Beard
Format: Electronic Video
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Summary:
Circuit court judge the Honorable DeLawrence Beard was born on December 26, 1937 in Okolona, Arkansas. After serving in the U.S. Navy from 1957 to 1959, he went to the University of Missouri, where he earned a B.A. degree in 1964. Beard graduated from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 1970, and earned an LL.M. degree from Georgetown University in 1977. Although he did not begin practicing law until 1974, Beard rose quickly. He began as a juvenile court prosecutor and moved to felony cases in 1975. He became a judge in 1982, and in 1996, he was named chief judge for the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, Maryland. Beard was also appointed adjunct professor of law at the University of Maryland and American University, and guest lectured to incarcerated individuals. He received numerous awards, including honors from the governor of Maryland for his meritorious service to the state.
Call Number:E185.97
Playing Time:02:20:43
Credits:Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Participant or Performer:
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Event Details:
Recorded Rockville, Maryland 2003 April 26.
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