Nash and Taggart Collection

Jere Nash Interview with Billy Powell

Identifier

NT_interview_58

Creation Date

11-20-2004

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Description

Interview conducted by author Jere Nash with former Mississippi Republican Party chair Billy Powell in the process of writing Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Topics covered include Powell's background; Billy Mounger; Mississippi Republican Party; involvement in a bond issue campaign for Rankin County in the early 1970s; working on Larry Swells for Rankin County supervisor; working on Kirk Fordice gubernatorial campaign and Phil Bryant's state legislature campaign; organizing a county Republican precinct; the kitchen cabinet that meets regularly with Governor Fordice; Evelyn Gandy; Haley Barbour; Powell's election as chair of the state Republican Party; getting politicians to switch to the Republican Party; battle over state party leadership; Eddie Briggs; Roger Wicker's first congressional race; Chip Pickering's first congressional race; Mike Parker switching parties; Ronnie Musgrove; various Republican candidates for state offices in the 1990s; and Amy Tuck and others switching parties.

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Powell, Billy; Republican Party (Miss.); Political campaigns -- Mississippi; Elections -- Mississippi; Mounger, William D.; Fordice, Kirk; Bryant, Phil; Gandy, Evelyn; Barbour, Haley, 1947-; Briggs, Eddie; Wicker, Roger F. (Roger Frederick), 1951-; Pickering, Charles Willis, 1963-; Parker, Michael; Musgrove, Ronnie; Tuck, Amy;

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: 10065_BillyPowell_2004Nov10_2h42min

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