Oral history transcript, James M. Nabrit, interview 1 (I), 3/28/1969, by Stephen Goodell

Title:

Oral history transcript, James M. Nabrit, interview 1 (I), 3/28/1969, by Stephen Goodell

Number of Pages:

46

Description:

Biographical information; LBJ as speaker at commencement; 1961/1965/1966; personal relationship with LBJ; phone calls; appointment as Deputy Ambassador to UN and to Committee on Trust Territory and to Board of Visitors of Naval Academy; other Negro appointments; black attitudes toward LBJ; Hobart Taylor, Jr.; RFK, Truman, Humphrey and John Macy; Nabrit’s switch to Democratic Party in 1964; Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party’s seating fight at 1964 Convention; advising President on civil rights; evaluation of LBJ’s chances for reelection in 1968; Negroes on Vietnam War and the Army; Kerner Report; relationship between Howard and Resurrection City in 1968; Nabrit’s hope that history will be fair to LBJ.

Contributor:

Nabrit, James M.

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 James M. Nabrit

Subject:

Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968; Vietnam

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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