Howard F. Sachs was chosen for the project as a representative of the Jewish community and as a judge in the federal court located in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1925 and grew up in the city attending the public schools. After World War II Sachs attended and graduated from the Harvard Law School. He practiced law here and was appointed a federal judge in 1979 for the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Sachs recounts in the interview his involvement with trying to change various types of discrimination in Kansas City.Interviewers: Genevieve Robinson and William Ryan.; recorded August 6, 1988. Typescript (26 p.) is available. Transcriber: Karen Waldron.
