Nash and Taggart Collection
Title
Jere Nash Interview with Reuben V. Anderson
Other Form of Name
Anderson, Reuben V. (Reuben Vincent), 1942-
Identifier
NT_interview_3
Creation Date
6-17-2004
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Description
Interview conducted by author Jere Nash with former civil rights attorney and Mississippi Supreme Court justice Reuben V. Anderson in the process of writing Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Topics covered include Anderson's family, religion, and education; Tougaloo College and the civil rights movement; attending University of Mississippi Law School; integation of Oxford locales; Jack Young; working as a civil rights lawyer in Jackson, Mississippi and for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund; Marian Wright Edelman; Lawrence Guyot; Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law in Jackson; Judge Harold Cox; handling the credentials fight for the Loyalists at the 1968 Democratic National Convention; Charles Evers; Aaron Henry; generational differences among factions of civil rights activists; Charles Evers' 1968 congressional campaign; Robert Clark; appointed as municipal court judge; Russell Davis; Eddie McBride's 1972 congressional race; political races of African American candidates; Cliff Finch and appointment to Hinds County Court; Jimmy Carter; William Winter and appointment to Hinds County Circuit Court; registering to vote; Bill Allain and appointment to the Mississippi Supreme Court; Fred Banks; and the Mississippi State flag vote in 2001.
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Anderson, Reuben V. (Reuben Vincent), 1942-; Tougaloo College; Civil rights; University of Mississippi. Law Center; Young, Jack; Lawyers; Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee (U.S.); NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund; Edelman, Marian Wright; Guyot, Lawrence; Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; Cox, W. Harold (William Harold), b. 1901; Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.); Evers, Charles, 1922-; Henry, Aaron, 1922-1997; Clark, Robert; Davis, Russell; Elections -- Mississippi; Political campaigns -- Mississippi; Finch, Cliff; Carter, Jimmy, 1924-; Winter, William F.; Judges -- Mississippi; Voter registration -- Mississippi; Mississippi. Supreme Court; Allain, Bill; Banks, Fred; Flags -- Mississippi;
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: 10012_RuebenAnderson2_2004Jun17