Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 5 (V), 3/14/1990, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 5 (V), 3/14/1990, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

21

Description:

The transition from John F. Kennedy to LBJ and comparing the two men; the 1964 civil rights bill; moral versus legal arguments regarding civil rights; Alabama's opposition to civil rights legislation; the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955; George Wallace blocking entrance to the University of Alabama in 1963; the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march; Selma mayor Joseph Smitherman; Hill's opinion of the racial unrest; concern about how all legislative issues could relate to civil rights; the purpose of the Selma march; LBJ's March 15, 1965, "We Shall Overcome" speech; the 1965 Voting Rrights Act; Cronin's speechwriting duties; how civil rights-related legislation of 1964 may have affected the 1964 presidential election; partisanship in the South.

Contributor:

Cronin, Donald J.

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Donald J. Cronin

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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