Oral history interview with Arthur Shores, July 17 1974
Subtitle: interview A-0021, 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 politicians; Politics and government; African Americans; Political activity; Race relations; Civil rights
Other titles: Interview A-0021. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007); Interview with Arthur Shores, July 17 1974; Oral histories of the American South.
Description: Birmingham politician Arthur Shores offers his thoughts on the intersection of race and politics in his home city. Shores sees significant progress in Birmingham since the violence of the 1960s--and in part because of that violence--and sees Birmingham citizens increasingly voting their interests rather than their race. He also shares his opinion of George Wallace, whom he sees as a political opportunist.
Notes: Title from menu page (viewed on March 6, 2007).

Interview participants: Arthur Shores, interviewee; Jack Bass, interviewer.

Duration: 00:57:07

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 Steve Weiss and Aaron Smithers.

Text (HTML and XML/TEI source file) and audio (MP3); 2 files : 67.3 kilobytes, 104.6 megabytes.

Original version: Southern Oral History Program collection, (#4007), Series A, Southern politics, interview A-0021, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Transcribed by Linda Killen. Original transcript: 27 p.

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

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