JUSTICE FOR ALL? Reel 2

Description

TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY: Edwin Newman reports on the administration of justice for the poor and indigent in the U.S. R. 1: Explains how these Americans receive callous treatment from police, are penalized by the bail system and cannot afford legal assistance. R, 2: Describes how the California Rural Legal Assistance improved housing conditions for migrant farm laborers, how mobile law units gave aid to rural residents and seminars were conducted at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., to examine legal problems of the poor. Includes comment on the poor's attitude toward the law by Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas.

Collection

Records of the Community Services Administration

Series

Moving Images Relating to Anti-Poverty Programs