Nash and Taggart Collection
Title
Jere Nash Interview with Hodding Carter
Identifier
NT_interview_12
Creation Date
7-7-2004
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Description
Interview conducted by author Jere Nash with Hodding Carter III as research for Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Topics covered include the Democratic National Convention of 1964; the creation of the Mississippi Democratic Congress and the Young Democrats to receive official designation and counter the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; Young Democrats; his conversion as an activist newspaper editorialist in Greenville, Mississippi; Aaron Henry, Stokely Carmichael; Mississippi Human Relations Council and Ken Dean; Charles Evers; John Bell Williams; Mississippi Action for Progress created to support Headstart; Sargeant Shriver; John Stennis; Leroy Percy; Oscar Carr; Owen Cooper; Pat Derian; Fannie Lou Hamer; Hilton Waites; Mississippi Democratic Convention in 1960; attending the presidential inauguration in 1961; Joe Wroten; Millie Jeffries; George McLean; Loyal Democrats of Mississippi; Democratic National Convention of 1968; Curtis Wilkie; Al Gore; Reuben Anderson; Bill Burgin; Charles Clark; Robert F. Kennedy; Hubert Humprhey; Democratic National Convention in 1972; Bill Waller; Jimmy Carter; James O. Eastland; and party unification at the state Democratic Convention in 1976.
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Carter, Hodding; Elections -- Mississippi; Political campaigns -- Mississippi; Democratic National Convention (1964 : Atlantic City, N.J.); Mississippi Democratic Congress; Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; Journalism; Newspaper; Henry, Aaron, 1922-1997; Carmichael, Stokely; Young Democratic Clubs of America; Mississippi Human Relations Council; Dean, Ken; Evers, Charles, 1922-; Williams, John Bell, 1918-1983; Mississippi Action for Progress; Head Start Program (U.S.) -- Mississippi; Shriver, Sargent, 1915-2011; Stennis, John C. (John Cornelius), 1901-1995; Child Development Group of Mississippi; Derian, Patricia M.; Hamer, Fannie Lou; Democratic Party (Miss.); Wroten, Joe; Jeffrey, Millie; McLean, George; Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.); Wilkie, Curtis; Gore, Albert, 1948-; Anderson, Reuben; Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968; Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978; Democratic National Convention (1972 : Miami Beach, Fla.); Waller, Bill, 1926-; Carter, Jimmy, 1924-; Eastland, James O. (James Oliver), 1904-1986; Democratic National Convention (1976 : New York, N.Y.);
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: 10012_Hcarter_2004Jul07_1h52min.; the author's original, unofficial transcript is available here, but users should note that spelling and accuracy is not assured