Eastland Recordings: Only Available Upon Request

U.S. Senator James O. Eastland Interview & Media Coverage of Harry Blackmun's Supreme Court Nomination, the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, and Violence against Police

Other Form of Name

Eastland, James O. (James Oliver), 1904-1986

Identifier

eastland_cassette_2_A

Creation Date

1970

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Description

Eastland interviewed by an unidentified man. Topics covered include G. Harrold Carswell; the Supreme Court; early political career; fellow senators; segregation; view of Mississippi in the press; Eastland plantation; hobbies; exercise; confederate flag; the future of the South; Eastland's grandchildren and his relationship with them; avoidance of DC social functions; Richard Nixon; communism; and Cuba. Recording of a press conference about Harry Blackmun's nomination to the Supreme Court and rioting across the country. Several television news story about violent attacks on police; journalist Bob Clark of ABC discussing Internal Security Subcommittee hearings on violence towards police; NBC news story about violence towards police; CBS report on violence towards police. Unidentified woman interviewing Eastland on the Washington, DC riots.

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Eastland, James O. (James Oliver), 1904-1986; Blackmun, Harry A. (Harry Andrew), 1908-1999;Carswell, G. Harrold (George Harrold), 1919-1992; United States. Supreme Court -- 1950-1990; Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994; Cuba; Mississippi; Communism; Flags -- Confederate States of America; Riots; Police -- Violence against; United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws

Relational Format

audio recording

Extent

45m58s

Original Format

audiocassettes

Original Collection

James O. Eastland Collection, Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries

Rights

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Comments

Eastland/ Master Tape 2 April 1970 - side 1 label;"#1 -NBC Monitor- 4-70 -Blackmon Appr by Comm -Police Hearings - 10-70 -Wash Demon. - 5-71 #2 -Leflore Centennial- 4-71 -ABA/ Sup Ct Nom. 10-71 -CBS-Court 11-8" -Cassette Index Label;"Eastland/ Master Tape 2" - Cassette Spine Label; April 1970-October 1971

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