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Interview no. | A-0072 |
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 | 1 May 1974 |
Interviewee | Kirbo, Charles. |
Interviewee occupation | Legislators |
Interviewee DOB | Unknown |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer |
Bass, Jack. De Vries, Walter. |
Abstract | Former Chairman for Georgia Democratic Party. Discusses change in racial politics and attitudes since 1948, background, entrance into politics with Jimmy Carter until present; Jimmy Carter’s performance as governor; judicial and penal reforms; hostility of Atlanta newspapers to Carter; Lester Maddox, Carter’s post-election popularity and appeal to Wallace voters; Herman Talmadge, Republican growth. |
Subject Topical |
Georgia--Politics and government. Georgia--Race relations. |
Subject Name |
Democratic Party (Ga.) Carter, Jimmy, 1924- |
Citation | Interview with Charles Kirbo by Jack Bass and Walter De Vries, 1 May 1974. A-0072 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. | A0072_Audio_1 |