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Oral history with Mr. Paul B. Johnson III
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
Paul B. Johnson III grew up in the world of Mississippi politics. Both his father, Paul B. Johnson Jr., and his grandfather, Paul B. Johnson Sr., served as governors of the state. Mr. Johnson worked in his father's campaigns as a child and, as a teenager, lived in the governor's mansion during his father's administration. Mr. Johnson never held public office himself, although he has been involved in many campaigns other than his family's. Mr. Johnson is a resident of Hattiesburg.
Table of Contents
I. Interview I
Growing Up In a Political Family
II. Governor Paul B. Johnson Jr.
A. Research and Informants
B. J. Edgar Hoover and the KKK
C. The Highway Patrol
D. Paul B. Johnson Sr.
E. The Kitchen Cabinet; Legislation of Liquor
F. Operation Wet Blanket, Natchez
G. Passage of the Civil Rights Act
H. Governor's Staff, Key Legislators and Advisors
I. Strokes, 1974
J. Ole Miss Riot
K. Ross Barnett; George Yarbrough
L. The Kennedy's and the Riot
M. The Philadelphia Murders and Civil Rights Legislation
III. Interview II
Governor Paul B. Johnson Jr.
A. Religion and Personal Habits
B. Runt- Pigs and Political History
1. Pro- Business Stance
2. Hill Populism: Jobs and Education
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Object Description
| Title | Oral history with Mr. Paul B. Johnson III |
| Description | Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 23 and July 8, 1993 with Paul B. Johnson III concerning his father, Paul B. Johnson Jr., and Mississippi politics. Johnson was born in 1948 in Mississippi. Both his father, Paul B. Johnson Jr., and his grandfather, Paul B. Johnson Sr., served as governors of the state of Mississippi. Paul B. Johnson III worked in his father's campaigns as a child and, as a teenager, lived in the governor's mansion during his father's administration. He never held public office himself, although he has been involved in many campaigns other than his family's campaigns. |
| Date of interview | 1993 June 23 (1st interview); 1993 July 8 (2nd interview) |
| Interviewer | Derr, Reid. |
| Coverage (time period) | (circa 1950)-1993 (primarily 1950s-1970s) |
| Resource type | Text |
| Format | Digital reproduction of a 48-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 | 417.726 KB |
| File extension | |
| Identifier | mus-coh.johnsonp |
| File name | mus-coh.johnsonp.pdf |
