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Interview no. | A-0354 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | A.2. Southern Politics: Southern Liberalism |
Project description | Interviews, 1990-1991, conducted by John Egerton for a book on the post-World War II era as a time that presented opportunities for positive action on civil rights. Interviews focus on interviewees' careers, 1945-1950 and their reactions to Egerton's thesis about the time period. Frequently addressed topics include the New Deal and Franklin Roosevelt, the University of North Carolina and Frank Porter Graham, the Southern Conference for Human Welfare, and the Brown decision. |
Date | 11 May 1990 |
Interviewee | Kennedy, Stetson. |
Interviewee occupation | Authors and publishers |
Interviewee DOB | Unknown |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Egerton, John. |
Abstract | Veteran activist Stetson Kennedy describes his desire to strike down segregation in the American South and some of the ways he translated this impulse into action, including his infiltration of racist organizations. Kennedy describes himself as utterly opposed to segregation and racism, and his total devotion to a broad cause allowed him to avoid the internecine battles of the civil rights era. Despite his satisfaction with some of the victories of the civil rights era, Kennedy is not optimistic about the future of race in the United States. |
Subject Topical |
Southern States--Race relations. Segregation--Southern States. Civil rights workers. |
Subject Name |
Kennedy, Stetson. Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) |
Citation | Interview with Stetson Kennedy by John Egerton, 11 May 1990. A-0354 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. | A0354_Transcript |