Identifier,991020 Interviewee,James Hardiman Date,07/10/2014 Interviewer,Benne Christian Abstract,James Hardiman is a lawyer who assisted in lawsuits regarding discrimination. He graduated from Cleveland State University with his law degree and later became the president of the Cleveland chapter of the NAACP twice. , Tags,"Civil rights, racial inequality, Cleveland schools, NAACP" Special Notes, 0,"START, name given, place of birth - Peduka, grew up in Hough, parents" 1,"Parents and family, schools, Baldwin Wallace University, Cleveland State University" 2,"College cont., civil rights" 3,"Education as a child, John Hay" 4,"College experience, segregation, John Hay's racial makeup" 5,"Schools segregated, CMSD, white teachers" 6,"Segregation, SNIC" 7,"SNIC cont., student committees" 8,Student committees cont. 9,"Oberlin, student demonstrations, fraternity systems" 10,"Fraternities cont., teaching at BW" 11,"Teaching at BW, living through civil rights" 12,"Law school, riots" 13,"Glenville riots, school performances" 14,"School inequalities, NAACP" 15,"NAACP cont., Dayton school" 16,"NAACP cont., lawsuits filed, " 17,"Lawsuits cont., Thomas Atkins & Nathaniel Jones" 18,"Half day education, school inequality examples" 19,"School inequalities cont., " 20,"Segregated schools, intentional segregation, reading disparities" 21,Reading disparaities cont. 22,"Nathaniel Jones, membership of NAACP and presidency in 70s" 23,"Racism today, black president now" 24,Value of Supreme Court justices 25,Specific Supreme Court cases regarding desegregation 26,"School desegregation, issues plaguing African Americans today, right to vote" 27,"Police injustice, separate and unequal treatment by law enforcement" 28,Racial inequities today 29,Politics 30,"Politics cont., leadership in politics" 31,Black political leaders 32,"Racial injustice in court system, incarceration, placement of traffic cameras" 33,"Racial profiling, police officers of different races" 34,"Progress of Blacks today, East Cleveland" 35,"East Cleveland cont., renting issues" 36,"Shaker Heights & Cleveland Heights rentals, school composition" 37,White flight in Shaker 38,Housing problems in west side 39,"School desegregation, discrimination" 40,"Education, achievement within the African American community" 41,Including Black professionals in community 42,"Black professionals cont., ""all in this together""" 43,"White flight in East side, blockbusting" 44,Schools in Cleveland 45,"School in Cleveland cont., " 46,Dedication to stop racial discrimination 47,"Eliminating discrimination cont., END" 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83,