# Matthew J. Perry oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Columbia, South Carolina, 2011 June 07

Judge Matthew J. Perry recalls serving in the military during World War II, and experiencing discrimination during the war. He remembers watching a trial that inspired him to go to the newly formed law school at South Carolina State College. He discusses his start as a trial lawyer in Spartanburg, South Carolina, the famous civil rights cases he argued, joining the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and his admiration for the African American lawyers who mentored him.

- Kind: Interview
- Year: 2011
- Runtime: 55 min
- By: Perry, Matthew J. (matthew James)
- Genres: War, Education, History
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2015669123/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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