- Collection:
- Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Arthur Shores, July 17, 1974
- Creator:
- Shores, Arthur D. (Arthur Davis), 1904-1996
- Contributor to Resource:
- Bass, Jack
Southern Oral History Program - Date of Original:
- 1974-07-17
- Subject:
- African American politicians--Alabama
Alabama--Politics and government
Democratic Party (Ala.)
African Americans--Political activity
Alabama--Race relations
Civil rights--Alabama
African Americans--Alabama--Birmingham--Political activity
Birmingham (Ala.)--Race relations - People:
- Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Shores, Arthur D. (Arthur Davis), 1904-1996 - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, 33.52066, -86.80249
- Medium:
- transcripts
sound recordings
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Text
Sound - Format:
- text/html
text/xml
audio/mpeg - Description:
- Birmingham politician Arthur Shores offers his thoughts on the intersection of race and politics in his home city. Shores sees significant progress in Birmingham since the violence of the 1960s, in part because of that violence, and sees Birmingham citizens increasingly voting based on their interests rather than their race. He also shares his opinion of George Wallace, whom he sees as a political opportunist.
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. - Metadata URL:
- http://docsouth.unc.edu/sohp/A-0021/menu.html
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- Duration: 00:57:07
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)
- Rights:
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