Nash and Taggart Collection
Title
Jere Nash Interview with Danny Cupit (Part 1 of 2)
Identifier
NT_interview_20a
Creation Date
8-19-2004
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Description
Interview conducted by author Jere Nash with lawyer and former chair of the Mississippi Democratic Executive Committee Danny Cupit in the process of writing Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006 (Part 1 of 2). Topics covered include the formation of the Young Democrats; Hodding Carter; attending the Democratic National Convention of 1968; Lawrence Guyot Jr.; precinct caucuses and the state Democratic conference; assistance from labor unions and Millie Jeffrey; Charles Evers; Billy Car and Pat Derian running for committeewoman; Robert F. Kennedy campaign in Mississippi; death of Kennedy; Hubert Humphrey; Curtis Wilkie; Legal services work for a sanitation worker's union in Holly Springs, Mississippi; labor lawyer Dixon Pyles; William Winter; 1972 congressional race between Ellis Bodron, Thad Cochran, and Walter Brown; Ed Ellington campaign for the state senate; Bankers Trust law suit; Jimmy Carter campaign and unified precinct meetings; attending the Democratic National Convention in 1976; running the Carter campaign in Mississippi; George Wallace; Griffin Bell getting senators Jim Eastland and John Stennis to endorse Carter; Gerald Blessey versus Trent Lott campaign; working with Eastland on the Carter campaign; restructuring of the state Democratic Executive Committee; Eastland's decision not to run for reelection; Bill Waller; senate campaign of Maurice Dantin; Tom Ridell; and the asbestos law suit.
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Cupit, Danny; Young Democratic Clubs of America; Carter, Hodding; Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.); Guyot, Lawrence, 1939-; Political campaigns -- Mississippi; Elections -- Mississippi; Jeffrey, Millie; Evers, Charles, 1922-; Derian, Patricia M.; Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968; Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978; Wilkie, Curtis; Labor unions; Legal services; Winter, William F.; Bodron, Ellis; Brown, Walter; Cochran, Thad; Ellington, Ed; Carter, Jimmy, 1924-; Finch, Cliff; Democratic National Convention (1976 : New York, N.Y.); Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998; Ross Barnett Jr.; Bell, Griffin B., 1918-2009; Eastland, James O. (James Oliver), 1904-1986; Stennis, John C. (John Cornelius), 1901-1995; Blessey, Gerald; Lott, Trent, 1941-; Waller, Bill, 1926-; Dantin, Maurice; Products liability -- Asbestos;
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: 10031_DannyCupit_2004_Aug19; the author's original, unofficial transcript is available here, but users should note that spelling and accuracy is not assured