Terry Brackett and Pamela Horowitz

Recorded January 24, 2022 36:54 minutes
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Id: mby021409

Description

Terry Brackett (73) shares a conversation with her friend Pamela Horowitz (75) one of the first lawyers at the Southern Poverty Law Center. Pamela talks about what drew her to civil rights and poverty litigation work, her career as an attorney, her husband, Julian Bond, the book that she co-edited, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Subject Log / Time Code

PH talks about her upbringing, where she went to college and law school, and how she ended up living in Alabama.
PH talks about going to work at the Southern Poverty Law Center.
PH talks about what drew her to civil rights and poverty litigation work and about how that influenced her law career.
PH talks about the case that she argued in front of the Supreme Court.
PH talks about her husband, who is the person who has had the biggest impact on her life.
PH talks about the book written by her husband that she co-edited, Julian Bond’s Time to Teach.
PH talks about the book being released during the COVID-19 pandemic.
PH talks about how her life has been different than she imagined it might be. She also talks about discrimination against women she faced in law school.
PH says that if she could live her life over, there isn’t much that she would change, though she would have liked the opportunity to be a sports announcer.
PH talks about what some of the things she learned during the pandemic and about the importance of friendship to make it through the pandemic.
PH talks about what she would do if the pandemic ended tomorrow.
PH talks about losing her husband and her husband’s illness.
PH talks about the first time that she met her husband.

Participants

  • Terry Brackett
  • Pamela Horowitz