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Object Description
Interview no. | A-0389 |
Restrictions | Permission from Mavretic 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 | November 15, 1995 |
Interviewee | Mavretic, Joe, 1934- |
Interviewee occupation |
Public officers Politicians |
Interviewee DOB | 1934 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Mosnier, Joseph. |
Abstract | Josephus L. “Joe” Mavretic served in the North Carolina House from 1980 to 1994, and was speaker during the 1989-1990 session after leading a group of disgruntled Democrats and Republicans in a revolt against the established Democrat leadership. In this interview, he discusses his background, his decision to run for office and his campaign tactics, his personal political beliefs, and his experiences as a representative in the 1980s. |
Subject Topical |
Legislators--North Carolina. North Carolina--Politics and government. Politicians--North Carolina. |
Citation | Interview with Joe Mavretic by Joseph Mosnier, 15 November 1995. A-0389 in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
Description
Interview no. | A-0389 |