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Interview no. | A-0349 |
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 | September 7, 1990 |
Interviewee | Bates, Daisy. |
Interviewee occupation |
Journalists Labor leaders Labor union members |
Interviewee DOB | 1920 |
Interviewee ethnicity | African Americans |
Interviewer | Egerton, John. |
Abstract | Daisy Bates was a civil rights activist in Arkansas around the time of the Brown decision. Includes Bates' description of how she met her husband, L.C. Bates, in Huttig; their move to Little Rock, Arkansas; their establishment of a newspaper; racial atmosphere in Arkansas at the time, especially its "liberal element." The rest of the interview, which is barely audible, is Bates' and Egerton's discussion of Egerton's thesis about 1945-1955 liberalism in the South. |
Subject Topical |
Arkansas--Race relations. African American journalists--Arkansas. |
Subject Name | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. |
Citation | Interview with Daisy Bates by John Egerton, 7 September 1990. A-0349 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. | 04007_A0349_1_1 |