Nash and Taggart Collection

Jere Nash Interview with Johnnie Walls

Identifier

NT_interview_69

Creation Date

11-5-2004

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Description

Interview conducted by author Jere Nash with Greenville, Mississippi attorney and state senator Johnnie Walls in the process of writing Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Topics covered include Walls's family and background; his law practice in Greenville; reapportionment in 1981-82; Robert Clark; Mike Espy's first campaign for Congress; Mississippi Democratic Party and black candidates; Walls considering a race for the U.S. Senate in 1984; William Winter; Jesse Jackson; Walls's appointment to the College Board; Ayers case on higher education funding in Mississippi; reapportionment in 1991-92; and Walls's races for the Mississippi legislature.

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Walls, Johnnie; Lawyers -- Mississippi; Greenville (Miss.); Apportionment (Election law) -- Mississippi; Political campaigns -- Mississippi; Clark, Robert; Espy, Mike, 1953-; Democratic Party (Miss.); Winter, William F.; Jackson, Jesse, 1941-; Evers, Charles, 1922-; Mississippi. Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning; Education, Higher -- Mississippi; Mississippi. Legislature;

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: 10063_JohnnieWalls_2004Nov05_1h3min

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