| Other author/creator | Pettit, A. Dwight, 1945- interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Hamilton, Racine Tucker, interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Hickey, Matthew, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title |
History Makers video oral history with A. Dwight Pettit |
| Portion of title |
A. Dwight Pettit |
| Abstract |
Trial lawyer Alvin Dwight Petit was born on September 29, 1945 in Rutherfordton, North Carolina. In 1958, his father, an engineer, initiated a lawsuit against Harford County, Maryland school officials. Represented by Thurgood Marshall, Petit won his suit, forcing the school system to integrate the all-white Aberdeen High School, from which he graduated in 1963. Petit earned his B.A. degree from Howard University in 1967, and his law degree from Howard in 1970. From 1970 until 1973, he worked as a trial attorney for the Small Business Administration. In 1973, Petit brought the first suit in the country against Maryland for discrimination in the bar examination. The case would lead to other states changing its testing practices. In 1973, Petit left the SBA and formed Mitchell, Petit, David and Gill and later his own practice. One of the most prominent criminal and personal injury attorneys in Maryland, he and his wife, Barbara, resided in Baltimore. |
| Access restriction | Available to users with a valid Harvard ID and PIN. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer |
Racine Tucker Hamilton, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Baltimore, Maryland 2004 August 25. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Stock number | A2004.144 HistoryMakers |
