Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Edward Smith, Sr.
Edward Smith, Sr.
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| Other authors / contributors: | Smith, Edward, 1930- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Recorded Fort Wayne, Indiana 2002 July 31.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Lawyer Edward Neil Smith was born on September 19, 1930, in Detroit, Michigan, but spent much of his life in Indiana. He served as a caseworker for the county welfare agency in 1956 and worked his way through Indiana Central College. Majoring in government and business, he received his B.A. degree in 1958. In 1961, Smith earned a L.L.D. degree from Indiana University School of Law. That year, he began serving as a deputy attorney general for the state of Indiana. He was appointed deputy prosecutor for Allen County in 1962. The same year, he served as associate attorney for the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and began his private law practice. Smith was the state chairman of the Indiana Black Republican Council in 1978. He also served for four years as a board member of the Fort Wayne Metropolitan Human Relations Commission, a committee focused on civil rights.
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