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Object Description
Interview no. | A-0431 |
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 | April 21, 1997 |
Interviewee | Horton, Hamilton. |
Interviewee occupation |
Public officers Politicians |
Interviewee DOB | 1931 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Mosnier, Joseph. |
Abstract | Hamilton C. Horton, an important figure in North Carolina Republican politics since the 1960s, discusses his background and political views; his service in the North Carolina House and Senate; and the evolution of Republican politics in the state. The interview includes personal reminiscences of individuals such as Jim Gardner, Jesse Helms, and Tom Ellis, and reflections on the continuing growth of the Republican Party in North Carolina. |
Subject Topical |
North Carolina--Politics and government. North Carolina--Race relations. |
Subject Name |
Republican Party (N.C.) Rouse, Frank. Horton, Hamilton. Gardner, James Carson, 1933- Holshouser, James E. Congressional Club (Washington, D.C.) Ellis, Tom. |
Citation | Interview with Hamilton Horton by Joseph Mosnier, 21 April 1997. A-0431 in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
Description
Interview no. | A-0431 |