| Other author/creator | Dempsey, Alford J., 1947- interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Gines, Denise, interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Stearns, Scott, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title |
History Makers video oral history with The Honorable Alford Dempsey, Jr |
| Portion of title |
Honorable Alford Dempsey, Jr |
| Abstract |
Judge Alford Dempsey was born on March 19, 1947, in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1965, he graduated from New Hampton School, a boarding school in New Hampshire. Dempsey attended Columbia University and Morehouse College, where he earned his B.A. degree in economics in 1972. In 1976, Dempsey received his J.D. degree from the Harvard School of Law and worked on Jimmy Carter's presidential campaign. The following year, Dempsey became assistant city attorney for the Atlanta's law department. In 1992, Dempsey was named judge of the Magistrate Court of Fulton County/State Court in Atlanta, and three years later, he was appointed to the Fulton County Superior Court where he presided over civil and felony criminal cases. Dempsey helped to develop and implement the Fulton County Family Court. He has also been active in numerous community organizations and has served as district chair of the South Atlanta District of the Boy Scouts of America. |
| Credits | Videographer, Scott Stearns. |
| Performer |
Denise Gines, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Atlanta, Georgia 2011 April 20. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2011.019 HistoryMakers |
