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Interview no. | A-0362 |
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 | January 29, 1990 |
Interviewee | Emerson, William A., 1923-2009. |
Interviewee occupation | Journalists |
Interviewee DOB | 1923 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Egerton, John. |
Abstract | Charlotte, North Carolina's William Emerson, speaks about growing up in Atlanta as well as discussing his religious and political reasons for attending Davidson College, graduating from Harvard, and later entering the military. Background information about his journalistic role with Newsweek and Collier's Magazine and about his opinions regarding journalism in the South. There is a great deal of discussion about the role of journalists in the civil rights movement. |
Subject Topical | Race relations and the press. |
Citation | Interview with William A. Emerson by John Egerton, 29 January 1990. A-0362 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. | A0362_Audio |