usm_coh_ohdyeb ohdyeb coh usm yes Oral history with Mr. Brad Dye Dye, Brad, 1933- Legislators--Mississippi--Interviews Lieutenant governors--Mississippi Governors--Mississippi College graduates--Mississippi Lawyers--Mississippi State governments--Officials and employees Political participation--Mississippi Politicians--Mississippi Politics, Practical--Mississippi Elections--Mississippi Civil rights--Mississippi Civil rights movements--Mississippi African Americans--Mississippi--Social conditions--20th century African Americans--Politics and government Interviews--Mississippi Mississippi--Politics and government Race relations University of Mississippi Mississippi. Agricultural and Industrial Board Mississippi. Legislature. House of Representatives Dye, Brad, 1933- Johnson, Paul B., 1916-1985 Oral history. Interview conducted on September 20, 1993 with Brad Dye concerning Mississippi Governor Paul Johnson Jr. Dye was born on December 20, 1933 in Charleston, Mississippi. In 1957, he received his bachelor of business administration degree from the University of Mississippi and two years later graduated from the university's School of Law. In 1950, Dye worked as a page in the U.S. House of Representatives and in the fifties, he worked for Paul B. Johnson Jr. Dye won a seat in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1960. During his term, he also worked as an attorney for the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. In 1965, Dye resigned from the Committee to serve as a commissioner to the Workman's Compensation Commission. Dye has also worked as director of the Agricultural and Industrial Board, state treasurer, lieutenant governor, and a delegate to the National Democratic Convention. 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 Derr, Reid 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) 2002-02-11 Transcripts Oral histories http://digilib.usm.edu/u?/coh,2059 (Extent) Digital reproduction of 24-page document. Mississippi Oral History Program of the University of Southern Mississippi, vol. 467, 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. 1993-09-20 Mississippi Charleston (Miss.) Tallahatchie 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. 20110708 154043