Brodie S. Crump oral history interview, 1976.

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Brodie S. Crump oral history interview, 1976.

Crump discusses the life and political career of Leroy Percy, including Percy's relationships with James K. Vardaman, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Bilbo, John Parker, and others; Sunnyside Plantation; Percy's opposition to the Ku Klux Klan; his interest in road building and flood control; and his son, Will Percy.

3 sound cassettes (2.25 hours);Transcript (59 leaves)

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