Nash and Taggart Collection
Title
Jere Nash Interview with Les McLemore
Identifier
NT_interview_45
Creation Date
3-10-2004
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Description
Interview conducted by author Jere Nash with Jackson State University political science professor Les McLemore in the process of writing Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Topics covered include McLemore's background in Walls, Mississippi; Rust College and Holly Springs, Mississippi in early 1960s during the civil rights movement; family relationship with John Sharp Williams; African American community in Walls voting in 1967; Charles Evers 1971 campaign; membership with Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; Lawyrence Guyot; Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; Democratic National Conventions of 1964 and 1968; Fannie Lou Hamer; civil rights boycotts in Walls; controversial speakers at Jackson State College; Thad Cochran; Jimmy Carter's 1976 campaign; 1980 leadership dispute of the state Democratic Party; and McLemore running for Congress in 1980.
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
McLemore, Leslie; Rust College; Holly Springs (Miss.); Civil rights -- Mississippi; Williams, John Sharp, 1854-1932; Walls (Miss.); Voting; Evers, Charles, 1922-; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.); Guyot, Lawrence; Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; Democratic National Convention (1964 : Atlantic City, N.J.); Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.); Hamer, Fannie Lou; Jackson State College; Cochran, Thad; Carter, Jimmy, 1924-; Democratic Party (Miss.); Political campaigns -- Mississippi; Elections -- Mississippi;
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: 10003_McLemore_2004Mar10_1h7min; the author's original, unofficial transcript is available here, but users should note that spelling and accuracy is not assured