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Object Description
Interview no. | A-0421 |
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 | November 14, 1996 |
Interviewee | Rouse, Frank. |
Interviewee occupation |
Public officers Politicians |
Interviewee DOB | 1938 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Mosnier, Joseph. |
Abstract | Frank Rouse was a notable figure in the North Carolina Republican Party in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Identified with a new breed of aggressive, ideological conservatives, and an outspoken figure, he discusses his background and political beliefs; race and religion in politics; his chairing of the state Republicans in the 1970s; and various important political figures and campaigns, including Jim Holshouser, Jim Gardner, Jesse Helms and the Congressional Club. |
Subject Topical |
North Carolina--Politics and government. North Carolina--Race relations. |
Subject Name |
Republican Party (N.C.) Helms, Jesse. Rouse, Frank. Gardner, James Carson, 1933- Holshouser, James E. Congressional Club (Washington, D.C.) Ellis, Tom. Anderson, Gene. |
Citation | Interview with Frank Rouse by Joseph Mosnier, 14 November 1996. A-0421 in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
Description
Interview no. | A-0421 |