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Object Description
Interview no. | A-0376 |
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 | June 29, 1995 |
Interviewee | Erwin, Richard C., 1923- |
Interviewee occupation | Judges |
Interviewee DOB | 1923 |
Interviewee ethnicity | African Americans |
Interviewer | Mosnier, Joseph. |
Abstract | Richard C. Erwin is a judge and has been active in African-American political circles for a long time. He discusses the evolution of African-American political activity since the passage of the Voting Rights Act and the re-emergence of the North Carolina Republican Party since the 1970s through the date of the interview. He talks about the opposition (led by Jesse Helms) to his election as judge, continuing political and cultural issues in the state, and his pessimism regarding a final and successful resolution for the race question. |
Subject Topical |
North Carolina--Politics and government. African American legislators--North Carolina. |
Citation | Interview with Richard C. Erwin by Joseph Mosnier, 29 June 1995. A-0376 in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
Description
Interview no. | A-0376 |