Senate Judiciary Committee hears case against Judge Clarence Thomas

Title

Senate Judiciary Committee hears case against Judge Clarence Thomas

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

12 Oct 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:05:08

Description

Paul Woodley reports from the United States on lengthy hearings before the US Senate’s Judiciary Committee. The senators are trying to discover the truth about allegations of sexually offensive behaviour made against Judge Clarence Thomas, a Presidential nominee for a position on the US Supreme Court. Includes extracts from the nine hours of evidence of law professor Anita Hill, who comments on his sexual conversations and offensive behaviour; testimony by Clarence Thomas.

Contributors

Paul Woodley; Anita Hill; Clarence Thomas

Keywords

USA; Courts; African-American peoples; Committees; Sexual behaviour; Judges; Clarence Thomas; Judiciary

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