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Object Description
Interview no. | A-0391 |
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 | December 7, 1995 |
Interviewee | McCain, Betty Ray, 1931- |
Interviewee occupation | Public officers |
Interviewee DOB | 1931 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Mosnier, Joseph. |
Abstract | Betty Ray McCain, an insider in North Carolina Democratic Politics for over thirty years, begins the interview by describing her background and early involvement in politics in North Carolina. She discusses her support for the women’s rights and civil rights movements, and her efforts over the years working in the Democratic Party. |
Subject Topical |
North Carolina--Politics and government. Women in politics--North Carolina. African Americans--North Carolina--Political activity. Political campaigns---North Carolina. |
Subject Name |
Democratic Party (N.C.) Hunt, James B., 1937- Republican Party (N.C.) McCain, Betty Ray, 1931- |
Citation | Interview with Betty Ray McCain by Joseph Mosnier, 7 December 1995. A-0391 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. | A0391_Transcript |