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Interview no. | A-0377 |
Restrictions | Permission from Frye required for quotation. |
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 21, 1995 |
Interviewee | Frye, Henry Ell. |
Interviewee occupation | Judges |
Interviewee DOB | 1932 |
Interviewee ethnicity | African Americans |
Interviewer | Mosnier, Joseph. |
Abstract | Henry E. Frye, an associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, discusses his life and career as a prominent figure in African-American politics in the state over the last thirty years. The evolution of African-American politics in North Carolina since the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 is the major topic of the interview. He also expresses his concern that he is seen narrowly as a black political figure and his own thoughts on his legal and political career. |
Subject Topical |
North Carolina--Politics and government. African American legislators--North Carolina. |
Citation | Interview with Henry E. (Ell) Frye by Joseph Mosnier, 21 August 1995. A-0377 in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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