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Interview no. | A-0373 |
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 | 5/30/1995 |
Interviewee | Clayton, Eva M. |
Interviewee occupation | Legislators |
Interviewee DOB | 1934 |
Interviewee ethnicity | African Americans |
Interviewer | Mosnier, Joseph. |
Abstract | In 1992 Eva Clayton, along with Melvin Watt, became the first African-Americans elected to the US House of Representatives by North Carolina in the twentieth century. She discusses the evolution of African-American political activity in North Carolina since the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the re-emergence of the Republican Party in the South, and cultural issues in North Carolina politics. |
Subject Topical |
North Carolina--Politics and government. Civil rights movements--North Carolina. African American politicians--North Carolina. Women Legislators--North Carolina. |
Subject Name | Democratic Party (N.C.) |
Citation | Interview with [interviewee name] by [interviewer name], [interview date] [interview number], 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. | A0373_Audio |