Nash and Taggart Collection
Jere Nash Interview with Alvin Bronstein
Identifier
NT_interview_6
Creation Date
7-15-2004
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Description
Interview conducted by author Jere Nash with lawyer Alvin Bronstein in the process of writing Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Bronstein served as Chief Staff Counsel for the Lawyers' Constitutional Defense Committee from 1964 to 1968, litigating civil rights cases in Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana. Topics covered include the Lawyers' Constitutional Defense Committee; other civil rights lawyers in the South during the 1960s; judges, public officials, and civil rights activists in Mississippi; and the reapportionment of the Mississippi Legislature.
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Bronstein, Alvin J.; Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee (U.S.); McComb (Miss.); Civil rights -- Mississippi; Price, Cecil Ray, 1938-; Race discrimination -- Law and legislation; Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; Apportionment (Election law) -- Mississippi; Capital punishment; Coleman, J. P. (James Plemon), 1914-1991; Cox, W. Harold (William Harold), b. 1901; Allain, Bill; Waller, Bill, 1926-; Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission; Clark, Robert G, Jr.; Beckwith, Byron de la; Hamer, Fannie Lou;
Relational Format
audio recording
Extent
1900-01-00
Original Format
born digital audio
Original Collection
Nash and Taggart Collection, Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
Finding Aid
Rights
This media file is owned by the copyright holder and may not be reproduced, re-posted, captured or saved. Due to copyright concerns, the recordings in this collection can only be accessed by arrangement with the Department of Archives and Special Collections.
Comments
original file name: 10019_AlvinBronstein_2004Jul15; the author's original, unofficial transcript is available here, but users should note that spelling and accuracy is not assured