noa_sohpcr_a-0107 a-0107 sohpcr noa yes Oral history interview with Aaron Henry, April 2, 1974 Henry, Aaron, 1922- Bass, Jack Civil rights--Mississippi Mississippi--Politics and government Mississippi--Race relations School integration--Mississippi Republican Party (Miss.) African American politicians--Mississippi Democratic Party (Miss.) Mississippi--Race relations--Political aspects African Americans--Mississippi--Politics and government Racism--Political aspects--Mississippi African Americans--Mississippi--Interviews Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003 Henry, Aaron, 1922- Aaron Henry, an officeholder in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the chairman of the Mississippi Democratic Party, shares his thoughts and recollections on the intersection of race and politics in his home state. Despite racially motivated violence, Henry is determined to use his education and political skills to advance the interest of black Mississippians, a group under assault by racist white politicians committed to reversing the gains of the civil rights movement. This interview will be useful for researchers interested in the insidious role of race in 1970s Mississippi politics. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill. Southern Oral History Program University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library Oral histories of the American South (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)) 2006 Transcripts Sound recordings Oral histories http://docsouth.unc.edu/sohp/A-0107/menu.html Text (HTML and XML/TEI source file) and audio (MP3); 2 files: ca. 129.4 kilobytes, 188.3 megabytes Mode of access: World Wide Web System requirements: Web browser with Javascript enabled and multimedia player MP3 format / ca. 161 MB, 01:28:07 Duration: 01:28:07 Forms part of Oral histories of the American South collection. 1974-04-02 Mississippi 20090716 155950