Kent State Shootings: Oral Histories

Niki Schwartz Oral History

Kent State Shootings: Oral Histories

Niki Schwartz Oral History

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Narrator Schwartz, Niki
Narrator's Role Lawyer in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1970
Date of Interview 2020-07-22
Description Niki Schwartz was an attorney in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1970. As chair of the legal committee of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Ohio, he traveled to Youngstown to visit the family of Sandy Scheuer regarding legal representation for her wrongful death case. In July, he was elected as Chair of the ACLU of Ohio and was involved in a number of civil liberties cases arising out of the shootings and their aftermath, as part of the ACLU of Ohio's Kent State Project. He discusses some of these cases as well as his representation of Kent State student Craig Morgan in the criminal case against the Kent 25.
Length of Interview 48:37 minutes
Places Discussed Cleveland (Ohio)
Kent (Ohio)
Youngstown (Ohio)
Time Period discussed 1970-1979
Subject(s) American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio
Clark, Ramsey, 1927-
Community and college--Ohio--Kent
Kent 25--Trials, litigation, etc.
Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970
Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970--Trials, litigation, etc.
Lawyers--Ohio--Cleveland--Interviews
Morgan, Craig A.
Scheuer, Sandra, d. 1970
Thomas, William K.
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