- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 8 min.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Judge Charles E. Freeman was born in 1933, in Richmond, Virginia. He graduated from Virginia Union University and John Marshall Law School. Freeman served as arbitrator on the Illinois Industrial Commission and as commissioner of the Illinois Commerce Commission. He was elected to the Circuit Court of Cook County in 1976. In a historic ceremony in 1982, Freeman swore in his friend Harold Washington as the first black mayor of Chicago. In 1990, Freeman was the first African American to be elected to the Illinois Supreme Court. When elected chief justice in 1997, he decided to look into the issues of the marriage fund and on prosecutorial misconduct. In 2002, Justice Charles Freeman became the Illinois Supreme Court's senior member when he was retained for another ten-year term. Freeman received dozens of awards for his professional and volunteer work, and served as a member of several bar associations and professional judiciary societies.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with The Honorable Charles Freeman
- The Honorable Charles Freeman
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- OCLC
- 1003150161
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Charles Freeman.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
020800
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Adele Hodge, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- Event
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2003 March 28.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
State Supreme Court Judge.
- Added Author
Freeman, Charles, 1933- interviewee.
Hodge, Adele, interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.