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Object Description
Interview no. | A-0401 |
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 | February 9, 1996 |
Interviewee | Heineman, Fred. |
Interviewee occupation |
Public officers Politicians |
Interviewee DOB | 1929 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Mosnier, Joseph. |
Abstract | Fred Heineman, originally from the Bronx in New York, chief of police in Raleigh, N.C., from 1979 to 1994, and elected representative to Congress, begins the interview by discussing his background and career, including his time as a police officer and his reasons for entering politics, including his strong dislike of Bill Clinton. A conservative Republican supporter of Newt Gingrich, he discusses the role of race in politics today, the criticism he attracts from political opposition, and his views on issues like campaign spending. |
Subject Topical |
Legislators--North Carolina. North Carolina--Politics and government. North Carolina--Race relations. |
Subject Name |
Democratic Party (N.C.) Clinton, Bill, 1946- Republican Party (N.C.) Heineman, Fred. New York (N.Y.). Police Dept. Price, David Eugene. |
Citation | Interview with Fred Heineman by Joseph Mosnier, 9 February 1995. A-0401 in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
Description
Interview no. | A-0401 |