Nash, Jere Reed, Clarke
Description
Interview conducted by author Jere Nash with Clarke Reed, a former chair of the Mississippi Republican Party, in the process of writing Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Topics covered include Reed's background; Republican Party in Mississippi; Rubel Phillips; 1964 Republican National Convention; Hodding Carter III; William F. Buckley Jr.; Barry Goldwater; Prentiss Walker; Reed's election as chair of Mississippi Republican Party; Wirt A. Younger Jr.; impact of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 on the party; Richard M. Nixon; southern chairmen of the state Republican parties committee; Hurricane Camille and Nixon's visit to the Gulf Coast; Nixon and school desegregation; 1976 Republican Rules Committee; Trent Lott; David Bowen; Haley Barbour as executive director of the Mississippi Republican Party; Gil Carmichael; Ronald Reagan; Gerald Ford; 1976 Republican National Convention; and Richard Schweiker.
2004 06 25 T07:00:00 Z
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