Nash and Taggart Collection

Jere Nash Interview with Maurice Dantin

Identifier

NT_interview_21

Creation Date

11-4-2004

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Description

Interview conducted by author Jere Nash with Maurice Dantin in the process of writing Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Dantin ran unsuccessfully for Mississippi Governor in 1975 and the U.S. Senate in 1978. Topics covered included Dantin's family; relationship with Gil Carmichael; Dantin's education and military service; Dantin as mayor of Columbia and district attorney; school integration; football player Walter Peyton; involvement in Young Democrats; Bill Colmer; running for governor in 1975; Bill Waller; William Winter; Cliff Finch; Walker, Delois; Jimmy Carter; James O. Eastland; Columbia mayor Buddy McLean and integration; running for the Senate in 1978; Sonny Montgomery; Aaron Henry; Thad Cochran; and Charles Evers' campaign for Senate and backing by Nelson Rockefeller and D.A. Biglane.

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Dantin, Maurice; Carmichael, Gil; Political campaigns -- Mississippi; Elections -- Mississippi; Columbia (Miss.); School integration; Peyton, Walter; Young Democratic Clubs of America; Colmer, William Meyers, b. 1890; Waller, Bill; Winter, William F.; Finch, Cliff; Walker, Delois; Carter, Jimmy, 1924-; Eastland, James O. (James Oliver), 1904-1986; McLean, Buddy; Civil rights; Montgomery, G. V. (Gillespie V.); Henry, Aaron; Cochran, Thad; Evers, Charles; Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979;

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

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: 10060_MauriceDantin_2004Nov04; the author's original, unofficial transcript is available here, but users should note that spelling and accuracy is not assured

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