Nash and Taggart Collection
Jere Nash Interview with William Winter (Part 2 of 2)
Identifier
NT_interview_72b
Creation Date
12-29-2004
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Description
Interview conducted by author Jere Nash with former Mississippi Governor William Winter in the process of writing Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Topics covered include Richard Aubrey McLemore's A History of Mississippi; Dunbar Rowland; Mississippi Department of Archives and History; reconstruction in Mississippi; Fielding Wright and the Dixiecrat Party; Mississippi white society during segregation; John Bell Williams; Ross Barnett; Charlie Sullivan; Carroll Gartin; J.P. Coleman; Walter Sillers; James O. Eastland; John Stennis; Hugh White; Mississippi in the 1952 and 1956 in the Democratic National Conventions; impact of 1954 Brown v. Board decision on Mississippi; Tom Brady; M.M. Roberts; significance of Emmett Till's death; 1956 and 1960 presidential elections; Clennon King and Clive Kennard; reapportionment and Judge J.P. Coleman; history of Speakers in the Mississippi House; and Brad Dye.
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Winter, William F.; McLemore, Richard Aubrey, 1903-1976; Rowland, Dunbar, 1864-1937; Mississippi. Department of Archives and History; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); Wright, Fielding (Fielding Lewis), 1895-1956; States' Rights Democratic Party; Segregation -- Mississippi; Williams, John Bell, 1918-1983; Barnett, Ross R. (Ross Robert), 1898-1987; Sullivan, Charlie; Gartin, Carroll; Coleman, J. P. (James Plemon), 1914-1991; Sillers, Walter; Eastland, James O. (James Oliver), 1904-1986; Stennis, John C. (John Cornelius), 1901-1995; White, Hugh; Democratic National Convention (1956 : Chicago, Ill.); School integration -- Mississippi; Brady, Thomas P., 1903-1973; Roberts, M.M.; Till, Emmett, 1941-1955; King, Clennon; Kennard, Clive; Apportionment (Election law) -- Mississippi; Dye, Brad;
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: 10074_WmWinter2_2004Dec29