- Collection:
- Oral History
- Title:
- Oral history with Mr. Brad Dye
- Creator:
- Derr, Reid
Dye, Brad, 1933- - Publisher:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage.
- Date of Original:
- 1993
- Subject:
- Civil rights workers
Civil rights movement - People:
- Dye, Brad, 1933- --Interviews
- Location:
- United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- 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.
This item is part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. - Metadata URL:
- https://usm.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_3757e138-05e8-405a-b161-ebeabd779c84
- Language:
- eng
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- Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage
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