usm_coh_mus-ohjohnstone2 mus-ohjohnstone2 coh usm yes Oral history with Mr. Erle Johnston Johnston, Erle Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Civil rights--Mississippi Mayors--Mississippi--Forest Mayors--Mississippi--Scott County Segregation--Mississippi State governments--Mississippi Newspaper publishing--Mississippi--Forest Authors--Mississippi--Forest Johnston, Erle Barnett, Ross R. (Ross Robert), 1898-1987 Stennis, John C. (John Cornelius), 1901-1995 Oral history. Interview conducted on August 13, 1993 with Mr. Erle Johnston at his home in Forest, Mississippi. Johnston was born on October 10, 1917 in Garyville, Louisiana. In 1941, he moved Forest, Mississippi and bought the fledgling newspaper, Scott County Times. Johnston served as publisher until the paper was sold in 1983. Between 1942 and 1959, Johnston was involved in numerous statewide political campaigns including John Stennis's senatorial campaign and Ross Barnett's campaign for governor in 1955 and 1959. In 1963, Johnston was elected to the position of director of the Sovereignty Commission, which he held until 1968. Johnston became the mayor of Forest, Mississippi in 1981 and held that position until 1985. He is the author of three books: I Rolled With Ross, Mississippi's Defiant Years, and Politics: Mississippi Style. Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services. Hattiesburg, Miss.: University of Southern Mississippi Libraries Katagiri, Yasuhiro, 1960- Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive Collection (University of Southern Mississippi) Mississippi Oral History Program Collection (Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive) 2002-02-22 Transcripts Oral histories http://digilib.usm.edu/u?/coh,3987 Digital reproduction of 55-page document. Mississippi Oral History Program of the University of Southern Mississippi, vol. 276, pt. 2, McCain Library, University of Southern Mississippi. Forms part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. Forms part of the Mississippi Oral History Program Collection in the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. Forms part of University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections. Forms part of the Mississippi Digital Library. 1993-08-13 Mississippi Forest (Miss.) Scott County (Miss.) Copyright protected. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required. 20090817 151132