Oral history transcript, Charles Evers, interview 1 (I), 4/3/1974, by Joe B. Frantz

Title:

Oral history transcript, Charles Evers, interview 1 (I), 4/3/1974, by Joe B. Frantz

Number of Pages:

30

Description:

Evers' friendship with LBJ as VP and President; LBJ as Chairman of Equal Employment Commission for JFK; LBJ and Louis Martin at meeting of black leaders; Voters' Rights Bill signed into law; Bobby Kennedy's run for presidency; Senator James Eastland and Senator John Stennis; Evers as NAACP field director; work for education; housing; employment; Ramsey Clark; Lady Bird's Dixie tour; federal programs in Mississippi; friends Charles Percy of Illinois and Nelson Rockefeller of New York; SNCC; CORE; SCLC in Mississippi.

Contributor:

Evers, Charles, 1922-

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 Charles Evers

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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