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Interview no. | A-0387 |
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 | August 7, 1995 |
Interviewee | Martin, James G. (James Grubbs), 1935- |
Interviewee occupation |
Governors Legislators |
Interviewee DOB | 1935 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Houghton, Jonathan Thomas Young. |
Abstract | James G. Martin has been an instrumental politician in helping to make North Carolina a two-party state. His years as Governor saw a rapid increase in Republican identification. This interview covers Martin's early impressions of the Republican Party and his decision to join the minority party in the early 1960's. He discusses his congressional campaigns, civil rights and the Great Society, Watergate, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Brad Hayes and the "friends and neighbors" campaign strategy that helped Martin win his congressional and gubernatorial elections. |
Subject Topical |
North Carolina--Politics and government. Governors--North Carolina. |
Subject Name | Republican Party (N.C.) |
Citation | Interview with James G. (Grubbs) Martin by Joseph Mosnier, 7 August 1995. A-0387 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. | A0387_Audio |