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Oral history interview with Aaron Henry, April 2, 1974 interview A-0107, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007). Cover Image E-book

Oral history interview with Aaron Henry, April 2, 1974 [electronic resource] : interview A-0107, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007).

Interview with Aaron Henry, April 2, 1974 (portion title)
Interview A-0107, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) (other title)
Henry, Aaron, 1922-1997 (interviewee). Bass, Jack. (interviewer). Southern Oral History Program. (Added Author). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project) (Added Author). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. (Added Author).

Summary:

Aaron Henry, an officeholder in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the chairman of the Mississippi Democratic Party, shares his thoughts and recollections on the intersection of race and politics in his home state. Despite racially motivated violence, Henry is determined to use his education and political skills to advance the interest of black Mississippians, a group under assault by racist white politicians committed to reversing the gains of the civil rights movement. This is a useful interview for researchers interested in the insidious role of race in 1970s Mississippi politics.

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  • Physical Description: 1 electronic resource
  • Edition: Electronic edition
  • Publisher: [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2006.

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General Note:
Duration: 01:28:07.
Interview participants: Aaron Henry, interviewee; Jack Bass, interviewer.
Text encoded by Mike Millner. Sound recordings digitized by Steve Weiss and Aaron Smithers.
This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digital library, Documenting the American South. It is a part of the collection Oral histories of the American South.
Title from menu page (viewed on May 30, 2007).
Type of Computer File or Data Note:
Text (HTML and XML/TEI source file) and audio (MP3); 2 files: ca. 129.4 kilobytes, 188.3 megabytes.
Original Version Note:
Original version: Southern Oral History Program Collection, (#4007), Series A, Southern politics, interview A-0107, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Transcribed by Linda Killen. Original transcript: 33 p.
Funding Information Note:
Funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services supported the electronic publication of this interview.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: Web browser with Javascript enabled and multimedia player.

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Henry, Aaron, 1922-1997 > Interviews.
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.
Democratic Party (Miss.)
Republican Party (Miss.)
African American politicians > Mississippi.
African Americans > Mississippi > Interviews.
African Americans > Mississippi > Politics and government.
Civil rights > Mississippi.
Racism > Political aspects > Mississippi.
School integration > Mississippi.
Mississippi > Politics and government.
Mississippi > Race relations > Political aspects.
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