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Interview no. | A-0090 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | A.1. Southern Politics: Bass-DeVries Interviews |
Project description | Interviews, 1973-1975, conducted by Jack Solomon Bass and Walter De Vries with political leaders, journalists, editors, party officials, political scientists, campaign directors, union officials, and civil rights leaders from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, as part of a study of politics in the South, 1945-1974. |
Date | 28 January 1974 |
Interviewee | Long, Gillis William, 1923-1985. |
Interviewee occupation | Legislators |
Interviewee DOB | 1923 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer |
Bass, Jack. De Vries, Walter. |
Abstract | Louisiana legislator in the 1960s. Discussion of the political changes since 1948; Earl Long's administration; impact of the Long family; significance of Edwards' election; Republican Party in LA; black vote in LA; Democratic party throughout the South; power of the South in Congress; corruption in LA politics; industrial development in Louisiana; Russell Long and the Family Assistance Program. |
Subject Topical |
Southern States--Politics and government. Louisiana--Politics and government. |
Subject Name |
Republican Party (La.) Long, Russell B. |
Citation | Interview with Gillis William Long by Jack Bass and Walter De Vries, 28 January 1974. A-0090 in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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Interview no. | A0090_Audio |