Oral history transcript, William Cochrane, interview 1 (I), 3/17/1988, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, William Cochrane, interview 1 (I), 3/17/1988, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

26

Description:

Biographical information; W. Kerr Scott; Brown v. Board of Education; Harold Cooley; the Southern Manifesto; Walter George and Herman Talmadge; moderate stances among Senate leaders like LBJ; Benjamin Everett Jordan; Bobby Baker; how LBJ became majority leader; Joe McCarthy; political divisions in North Carolina; Samuel James Ervin; Kerr Scott’s regard for LBJ; Robert Rice Reynolds; William B. Whitley; LBJ’s power in the Senate; Bobby Baker investigation; Bill Knowland; the issue of tobacco 1954-1958.

Contributor:

Cochrane, William

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

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Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with William Cochrane

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details