Call Number:

BLL.013

Repository:

University of Pennsylvania: Biddle Law Library

Extent:

0.025 linear feet (1 file, 126 pages)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of item], in the Michael Hertzberg Papers, BLL.013, Biddle Law Library, University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Date:

1966 april-august (inclusive)

Creator:

Hertzberg, Michael and Biddle Collections

Abstract:

Michael Hertzberg graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School in 1963. In 1966, he left his job in New York to work with the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. He handled civil rights cases in Jackson, Mississippi from April to August 1966. His papers contain a personal narrative about his experiences during those four months as well as affidavits and memos from this work.

Michael Hertzberg was born on June 8, 1939, and grew up in Brooklyn. He attended Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania Law School (now known as the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School). After graduating in 1963, he taught for a year at the University of California Berkeley School of Law before beginning work at Proskauer Rose in New York.

In 1966, he received a letter from the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (LCCRUL) about a pro bono opportunity. The LCCRUL was established in 1963 by President John F. Kennedy as a group of lawyers who would work for civil rights by organizing civic action and providing legal services in the south. Hertzberg left his job in New York to work with the LCCRUL on their Mississippi Project. He handled civil rights cases in Jackson, Mississippi from April to August 1966.

Michael Hertzberg passed away in August 2023.

This collection consists of 1 file folder (approximately 126 pages) belonging to Michael Hertzberg, a young lawyer who left his job at Proskauer Rose in New York City to handle civil rights cases in Mississippi from April to August 1966. The file contains a personal narrative (26 pages) as well as affidavits and memos (100 pages). Additionally, there are three brochures and a report from the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.