Nash and Taggart Collection
Title
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
Finding Aid
Rights
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Comments
original file name: 10065_BillyPowell_2004Nov10_2h42min