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Oral history with Mr. Brad Dye
This oral history is provided through a cooperative project of University of Southern Mississippi Libraries and USM's Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage.
Funding provided by a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services
The transcript is presented here for reference purposes only. Interviews in this collection are protected by copyright. PERMISSION TO PUBLISH MUST BE REQUESTED from the Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage. Please call ( 601) 266- 4574 for more information.
Biography
Bradford Johnson Dye was born 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.
Dye became involved with Mississippi politics at a young age. In 1950, he worked as a page in the U. S. House of Representatives and in the fifties, he worked for Paul B. Johnson Jr. After he graduated from law school, he practiced law in Grenada until 1961.
In 1960, he won a seat in the Mississippi House of Representatives. When the state legislature was not in session, he worked as an attorney for the U. S. Senate Judiciary Committee, to which he had been elected to the Mississippi Senate and resigned in 1965 because of his appointment as a commissioner to the Workman's Compensation Commission. In 1968, he was appointed director of the Agricultural and Industrial Board by Gov. John Bell Williams and served until 1971. He was state treasurer from 1972- 76.
Dye served as president of the Jackson Savings and Loan Association from 1976- 79. He ran for and won the office of lieutenant governor in 1979. He has been reelected twice. He was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention in 1980 and led the Mississippi delegation in 1984.
Dye is married to the former Donna Bess Bailey of Coffeeville, and they have three sons.
Table of Contents
I. The 1955 and ' 59 Campaigns
A. Personal Traits
B. Factions
C. First Met
II. Racial Problems
III. Business and the Economy
IV. Mississippi Democrats
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Object Description
| Title | Oral history with Mr. Brad Dye |
| 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. |
| Date of interview | 20 September 1993 |
| Interviewer | Derr, Reid. |
| Coverage (time period) | 1955-1993 (primarily 1950s and 1960s) |
| Resource type | Text |
| Format | Digital reproduction of a 19-page document. |
| Language | English |
| Publisher |
University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage. University of Southern Mississippi Libraries. (electronic version) |
| Contributors | Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services. |
| Notes | This item is part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. |
| Rights | 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. |
| Contributing institution | Mississippi Oral History Program of the University of Southern Mississippi. |
| Digital repository | University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections. |
| Digital collection | Oral History. |
| File size | 272.643 KB |
| File extension | |
| Identifier | mus-coh.dyeb |
| File name | mus-coh.dyeb.pdf |
