Oral history interview with Herman Talmadge, December 18, 1975
Subtitle: interview A-0331-3, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Contributors: Nelson, Jack, 1929-2009, 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: 2007
Place of publication: [Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Interviews; Legislators; Governors; Politics and government; Attitudes
Other titles: Interview A-0331-3, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007); Interview with Herman Talmadge, December 18, 1975; Oral histories of the American South.
Description: This is the third interview in a three-part series with Senator Herman Talmadge of Georgia. In this interview, Talmadge offers his reaction to issues in America during the 1970s. He offers his thoughts on the then recent disclosures regarding J. Edgar Hoover's abuse of power and those of the CIA and the FBI. Other topics include President Gerald Ford's pardoning of Richard Nixon, lessons to be learned from the failures of the Vietnam War, and the issue of race in American politics. The remainder of the interview is devoted to looking back on his and his father's political legacies in Georgia. In particular, he discusses why he considered leaving the Senate and running for Governor in 1966; the building of a political coalition from former political rivals and Georgia businessmen; his publication on segregation, You and Segregation; and the lack of personal and professional papers for both him and his father. He concludes the interview with some brief remarks regarding the importance of objectivity in historical analysis.
Notes: Title from menu page (viewed on Sept. 22, 2008).

Interview participants: Herman Talmadge, interviewee; Jack Nelson, interviewer.

Duration: 00:38:19.

This electronic edition is part of the UNC-Chapel Hill 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-0331-3, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Transcribed by Joe Jaros. Original transcript: 17 p.

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

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