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Interview no. | A-0385 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | A.3. Southern Politics: North Carolina Politics |
Project description | Interviews, 1995-1997, aimed at understanding how North Carolinians have dealt with post-Great Depression changes. Overarching themes are the realignment in North Carolina party politics and the Republican reemergence, the evolution of African American political activity since the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the evolution of women's political activity since the 1960s, and the centrality of cultural and social politics in the state's political contests and debates. |
Date | 5 May 1995, 11 May 1995 |
Interviewee | Lee, Howard, 1934- |
Interviewee occupation | Mayors |
Interviewee DOB | 1934 |
Interviewee ethnicity | African Americans |
Interviewer | Mosnier, Joseph. |
Abstract | Howard N. Lee, a leading figure in African-American politics in North Carolina, was elected mayor of Chapel Hill in 1969 and served in various positions in state politics over the next thirty years, including Secretary of Natural and Economic Resources and as a senator. He discusses his background, his early political career, the evolution of African-American political activity since the 1960s, Democrat and Republican politics including their shifting foci over the years, and his opinions on the continuing issues of race and class in North Carolina society. |
Subject Topical |
North Carolina--Politics and government. African American legislators--North Carolina. Mayors--North Carolina--Chapel Hill. |
Citation | Interview with Howard Lee by Joseph Mosnier,5, 11 May 1995. A-0385 in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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