Nash and Taggart Collection
Title
Jere Nash and Andy Taggart Interview with Lawrence Guyot
Identifier
NT_interview_33
Creation Date
7-14-2004
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Description
Interview conducted by author Jere Nash with Lawrence Guyot in the process of writing Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Guyot chaired the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Topics covered include Pass Christian, Mississippi; Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; voting registration; Bidwell Adams; Guyot's family and background; Tougaloo College; Holmes County, Mississippi; Leflore County, Mississippi; Connor v. Johnson on legislative reapportionment; Section Five of the Voting Rights Act; 1964 and 1968 Democratic National Convention; coalition with the Loyalist Democrats; Hodding Carter; William Winter; Harold Cox; J.P. Coleman; Bennie Thompson; prosecution of civil rights cold cases; racial reconciliation; Medgar Evers; Aaron Henry; Charles Evers; Head Start; Robert Clark; Charlie Sullivan; Bill Waller;
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Guyot, Lawrence; Pass Christian (Miss.); Voting; Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; Adams, Bidwell; Tougaloo College; Political campaigns -- Mississippi; Elections -- Mississippi; Holmes County (Miss.); Leflore County (Miss.); Civil rights -- Mississippi; Apportionment (Election law) -- Mississippi; Democratic National Convention (1964 : Atlantic City, N.J.); Democratic Party (Miss.); Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.); Carter, Hodding; Winter, William F.; Cox, W. Harold (William Harold), b. 1901; Coleman, J. P. (James Plemon), 1914-1991; Thompson, Bennie, 1948-; Race relations; Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963; Henry, Aaron, 1922-1997; Evers, Charles, 1922-; Head Start programs -- Mississippi; Clark, Robert; Sullivan, Charlie; Waller, Bill;
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: 10016_LannyGriffith_Nr3_2004Jul14_1h48min