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Title

District Attorney Robert T. Johnson inauguration ceremony, January 8, 1989.

Publication

1989.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Johnson, Robert T.
• Koch, Ed, 1924-2013.
• Ferrer, Fernando.
• Stein, Andrew, 1945-
• Dinkins, David N.
• McDonald, Robert T.
• Washington, Julian.

Description

1 videocassette (VHS) (90 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

A video recording with some commentary of the inauguration of Robert T. Johnson as the Bronx District Attorney. The inauguration is performed by a judge of the New York State Supreme Court, following which Robert T. Johnson delivers his inaugural address.

Subject

• Johnson, Robert T. > Inauguration, 1989
• Criminal justice, Administration of > New York (State) > New York
• African American public prosecutors > New York (State) > New York

Credits (note)

• Commentator, Robert T. McDonald ; video production by Julian Washington.

Event (note)

• Event was held at Herbert H. Lehman Center for the Performing Arts in Bronx, New York.

Biography (note)

• Robert T. Johnson was first elected District Attorney of Bronx County on November 8, 1988, and took office on January 1, 1989. He was re-elected to a four-year term first in November 1991 and again in November 1995. Previously, in August 1986, he was appointed a Judge of the New York City Criminal Court, and was promoted quickly to serve as an Acting Justice of the New York State Supreme Court. Prior to his appointment as a Judge, he served for eight years as a Bronx Assistant District Attorney. After trying a number of cases in the Homicide Bureau, Mr. Johnson was promoted to Deputy Chief of the Major Offense Bureau and then promoted again to Chief of the Narcotics Bureau. Before he became an Assistant District Attorney, Mr. Johnson worked for three years as a Criminal Defense Attorney with the Legal Aid Society. When Robert T. Johnson was elected Bronx District Attorney, he became the first African American to hold the office of District Attorney in the state of New York.

Call Number

Sc Visual VRA-696

OCLC

527860378

Title

District Attorney Robert T. Johnson inauguration ceremony, January 8, 1989.

Imprint

1989.

Event

Event was held at Herbert H. Lehman Center for the Performing Arts in Bronx, New York.

Performer

Speakers included Edward I. Koch, Fernando Ferrer, Andrew Stein and David Dinkins

Credits

Commentator, Robert T. McDonald ; video production by Julian Washington.

Biography

Robert T. Johnson was first elected District Attorney of Bronx County on November 8, 1988, and took office on January 1, 1989. He was re-elected to a four-year term first in November 1991 and again in November 1995. Previously, in August 1986, he was appointed a Judge of the New York City Criminal Court, and was promoted quickly to serve as an Acting Justice of the New York State Supreme Court. Prior to his appointment as a Judge, he served for eight years as a Bronx Assistant District Attorney. After trying a number of cases in the Homicide Bureau, Mr. Johnson was promoted to Deputy Chief of the Major Offense Bureau and then promoted again to Chief of the Narcotics Bureau. Before he became an Assistant District Attorney, Mr. Johnson worked for three years as a Criminal Defense Attorney with the Legal Aid Society. When Robert T. Johnson was elected Bronx District Attorney, he became the first African American to hold the office of District Attorney in the state of New York.

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Added Author

Johnson, Robert T.

Koch, Ed, 1924-2013.

Ferrer, Fernando.

Stein, Andrew, 1945-

Dinkins, David N.

McDonald, Robert T.

Washington, Julian.

Research Call Number

Sc Visual VRA-696