noa_sohpcr_a-0347 a-0347 sohpcr noa yes Oral history interview with Herman Talmadge, November 8, 1990 Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002 Talmadge, Betty Egerton, John Democratic Party (Ga.) Georgia--Politics and government Republican Party (Ga.) Southern States--Race relations School integration--Georgia Segregation--Georgia Governors--Georgia Political parties--Georgia Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002 Talmadge, Betty Talmadge, Eugene, 1884-1946 Herman Talmadge served as the Democratic governor of Georgia from 1948 to 1955 (in addition to a brief stint in 1947), and went on to represent that state in the United States Senate from 1957 to 1981. In this interview, he shares his opinions on integration and race relations in Georgia. Talmadge, who opposed integration, claims that he did so to avoid tensions. He maintains that had the federal government stayed out of the South, states like Georgia would have integrated slowly but surely and with significantly less strife. 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-0347/menu.html Text (HTML and XML/TEI source file) and audio (MP3); 2 files: ca. 107.3 kilobytes, 92.2 megabytes Mode of access: World Wide Web System requirements: Web browser with Javascript enabled and multimedia player MP3 format / ca. 92.1 MB, 00:50:19 Duration: 00:50:19. Forms part of Oral histories of the American South collection. 1990-11-08 Georgia 20090723 111630