Danna Halpin and Stanley Halpin
Recorded
November 29, 2023
Archived
November 29, 2023
37:47 minutes
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Id:
mby023335
Description
Danna Halpin (72) interviews her husband, Stanley Halpin (82), about his career as a lawyer, particularly his work on voting laws.Subject Log / Time Code
Stanley Halpin (S) describes the work he accomplished surrounding voting laws in the 1970s, when Black voters were disenfranchised by way of gerrymandering.
S talks about his upbringing and how he was shielded from racism. S remembers his father's business as existing in the crossroads of local Black and white communities.
S talks about Gussy, who worked as a housekeeper for his family and took care of him as a young child.
S says Gussy would talk to him about segregation and how it was wrong.
S details how he came to study Political Science and Law.
S talks about how he became interested in constitutional law at Tulane University.
S says that, upon his completion of law school, the Vietnam War was raging on, so he decided to pursue a PhD program.
S adds that he got his PhD at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. and because of this experience, he was able to see things through a new lens.
S describes the kinds of cases he was working on while in D.C.
S says more about his work on voting cases, before and after the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
S describes the impact he was able to have as a voting right lawyer.
S speaks about what it was like to argue before the Supreme Court.
S recalls some of his most notable and memorable cases, such as the removal of Confederate flags from schools.
S shares closing thoughts.
Participants
- Danna Halpin
- Stanley Halpin