Richard Arrington, who three years after this interview would become the first African American mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, discusses race and politics in the American South and his nascent political career, which began with a seat on the...
Personal background; entry into politics; background and narration of his race for attorney general – how and why he won; personal and political philosophy; role of blacks in his department; potential candidates for governor; Brewer; Wallace –...
The new, reapportioned legislature; power of the governor; lieutenant governor’s office; Beasley-Woods race; political background; political organization – his own and Wallace’s’; Senator Allen; role of organized labor; personal philosophy;...
Political background; Republican party in Alabama; strategic problems in which races to run in and which not – Blount’s opinion on various mistakes; George Wallace; industrial development; future of Republican party – in Alabama and South;...
Characteristics of southerners; own political background; presidential vote since 1952, race in Alabama politics since Folsom; own position on race in 1970 campaign; leadership in Alabama and North Carolina; waterway project; effect of WWII on...
Birmingham lawyer and politician U. W. Clemon describes his place in Birmingham politics and the city's continuing problems with race. Clemon discusses his membership on the Birmingham city council, the prospect of George Wallace joining the 1976...
Political and employment background; mayoral administration and needs of Tuskegee; support from federal and state government for programs; endorsement of Nixon and Wallace; black political unity; Democratic and Republican parties in Alabama; Booker...
Background; Gomillion vs. Lightfoot; circumstances surrounding activities in Macon county and Tuskegee; the crisis, 1954 to 1964; black activities; problems with registration; organizations developed; Alabama Democratic Conference; NAACP; Johnny...
Background – political involvement; development of Republican party; why so little development since peak in 1966; characteristics of members of Republican party; internecine fight; religious fundamentalist element; ultraconservative element;...
Howell Heflin, who sat on the Alabama State Supreme Court in the 1970s before a two-decade tenure in the Unites States Senate, discusses the post-segregation Alabama judiciary. The story is a familiar one: the persistent influence of race in a...
Discussion of the state of the Alabama Republican party; Factionalism in state Democratic party; the 1972 Senatorial race; Republican prospects in Alabama; Economic populism in Alabama; Wallace’s economic programs; Wallace and organized labor;...
Reminiscences on background and status of blacks and civil rights in Alabama, Jim Crow and segregation, lynchings – things young blacks don’t know about; LeFlore’s career as reporter and postal worker; Nonpartisan Voters League of Mobile,...
Wallace and the papers’ editorials –reaction therto, withdrawal of whiskey advertising from the papers; assessment of Wallace’s overall impact on state – lace of leadership, lack of programs, lack of administrative ability; free textbook...
Bert Nettles discusses the state of politics and the Republican Party in Alabama in the 1970s. Nettles summarizes his past, the reasons he began his political career, and the political positions he had held up to that point. He spends a good deal...
Alan Parker, president of a bank, discusses his background; city and county offices in Tuskegee and reason for his selection; discussion of racial situation and attitudes in the mid-1960s; the Klan; how things have changed; the closing of the...
State government, organization; effect of reapportionment on legislation – including increase in blacks; Wallace’s defeat in electing Democratic state committee chairman – significance, lack thereof; Wallace’s control of state politics; why...
Effect of reapportionment; came from politically active family; now tired of politics and getting out; on Wallace’s economic policies and his political prospects; Wallace’s record as governor; changing the tax structure; organization of state...
Personal background – involvement in civil rights movement; political background; Alabama Democratic Conference – history, structure, procedure for endorsing candidates; George Wallace and race and blacks; publicity of endorsements; unity...
Political background; impact of 15 blacks in next state legislature--dissemination of information, voting patterns; will there be a black caucus? will reapportionment change nature of legislature? Alabama Democratic Conference and other black...
Birmingham politician Arthur Shores offers his thoughts on the intersection of race and politics in his home city. Shores sees significant progress in Birmingham since the violence of the 1960s--in part because of that violence-- and sees...
