Oral history interview with H.M. Michaux, November 20, 1974
Subtitle: interview A-0135, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Contributors: Bass, Jack, interviewer; Southern Oral History Program; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill
Published: 2006
Place of publication: [Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Interviews; African American legislators; African Americans; Political activity; Politics and government; Race relations; Political aspects; Democratic Party (N.C.); Durham Committee on Negro Affairs; Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People
Other titles: Interview A-0135, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007); Interview with H.M. Michaux, November 20, 1974; Oral histories of the American South.
Description: H.M. Michaux discusses his role in black electoral politics in the urban South. His grassroots engagement with local Durham, North Carolina, politics helped to catapult him into the state House of Representatives, where he has served since 1972. Michaux explains that black politicians need to employ different campaign strategies in black and white communities. He also offers insight into the inner workings of black political alliances, as well as the internal decisions involved with political offices. He speculates on the permanence of the Republican Party in North Carolina. Despite some Republican success, Michaux contends that the Democratic Party will continue to dominate North Carolina politics. He stresses the need for a Democratic coalition and black political education in order to preserve black electoral power.
Notes: Title from menu page (viewed on June 24, 2008).

Interview participants: H. M. Michaux, interviewee; Jack Bass, interviewer.

Duration: 01:15:27.

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.

Text encoded by Mike Millner.  Sound recordings digitized by Aaron Smithers.

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Original version: Southern Oral History Program Collection, (#4007), Series A, Southern politics, interview A-0135, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Transcribed by Linda Killen. Original transcript: 37 p.

Funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services supported the electronic publication of this interview.

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