Carl Edward Sanders oral history interview, 1989 Mar. 28.

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Carl Edward Sanders oral history interview, 1989 Mar. 28.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38477590

The collection consists of an oral history interview with Carl Sanders on March 28, 1989 in which he discusses the Supreme Court decision that made the county unit system unconstitutional; 1962 governor's race; barbecues and rallies; Jimmy Carter's campaign style; rural "anti-Atlanta" voters; anti-establishment movements; Carter's promises; Carter's failure to be reelected governor or president; Lester Maddox; Sanders as moderate governor; efforts to elevate education; busing; Carter's campaign tactics; evaluation of the electorate; county unit system; changes in the Democratic Party; Republican Party in Georgia; political advertisements in the 1970 governor's race; Gerald Rafshoon; C.B. King; Carter's claim that Sanders was a white segregationist; importance of Carter's relationship with Martin Luther King, Jr.; Senator Richard Russell; Carter's broken promises; Carter's election to the state senate; post-political life; assessment of current politics; U.S. Senate and Congress; assessment of racial policies during Sanders administration; Leroy Johnson; Jones Wayne; Julian Bond case; Carter's hypocrisy; comparison of Jimmy Carter and George Wallace; refusal to close schools; lack of prejudice in background; refusal to make race central issue in 1970 governor's race; Carter's lack of influence in Georgia and in nation; lack of trust in Carter's word.

1 audiotape ; cassette.Transcript (17 p.)

Georgia State University

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Georgia State University

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