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
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: 10048_DannyCupit_Nr2_2005_Sep30_1h55min