Nash and Taggart Collection

Jere Nash Interview with Danny Cupit (Part 2 of 2)

Identifier

NT_interview_20b

Creation Date

9-30-2005

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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 2 of 2). Topics covered included acting as contact person for the Jimmy Carter administration for Mississippi issues and appointments; Senator James O. Eastland on judicial appointments; Farmers Home Administration appointments of Jeffrey Barbour and Mark Hazzard; planning Carter's visit to Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1977; Eastland's decision not to run for reelection in 1978; Bill Waller; Cliff Finch; Maurice Dantin, Charles Evers, and Thad Cochran race for Senate seat; Democratic Party in Mississippi; Wayne Dowdy versus Trent Lott campaign; John Hampton Stennis versus Jon Hinson campaign for U.S. House of Representatives; William Winter; Haley Barbour; Evelyn Gandy; Bill Allain; dispute over Democratic Party Executive Committee leadership in Mississippi; 1980 presidential race; Jon Hinson homosexuality scandal and Wayne Dowdy campaign for the U.S. House; congressional district reapportionment, litigation, and creation of the Delta district; Bill Allain homosexuality scandal; Dick Molpus; Ray Mabus; education reform during Winter's administration; Winter's post-gubernatorial career options; and Walter Mondale presidential campaign race.

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Cupit, Danny; Carter, Jimmy, 1924-; Bell, Griffin B., 1918-2009; Eastland, James O. (James Oliver), 1904-1986; United States. Farmers Home Administration; Barbour, Jeffrey; Hazzard, Mark; Yazoo City (Miss.); Waller, Bill; Finch, Cliff; Dantin, Maurice; Evers, Charles; Cochran, Thad; Political campaigns -- Mississippi; Elections -- Mississippi; Democratic Party (Miss.); Dowdy, Wayne; Lott, Trent, 1941-; Stennis, John Hampton; Hinson, Jon; Republican Party (Miss.); Winter, William F.; Barbour, Haley, 1947-; Gandy, Evelyn; Allain, Bill; Reagan, Ronald; Apportionment (Election law) -- Mississippi; Homosexuality; Molpus, Dick; Mabus, Ray, 1948-; Educational change; Mondale, Walter F., 1928-;

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

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Comments

original file name: 10048_DannyCupit_Nr2_2005_Sep30_1h55min

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