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An Oral History with Michael L. Carr, Jr.
This oral history is provided through a cooperative project of USM Libraries and USM's Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage It is presented here for reference purposes only. Interviews in this collection are protected by copyright and PERMISSION TO PUBLISH MUST BE REQUESTED from the Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage. Please call ( 601) 266- 4574 for more information.
Biography
Judge Michael L. Carr Jr. was born December 5, 1920, the eldest of five children who were all educated in the public schools of Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Carr enlisted in the Army Reserve July 5, 1942, and entered active military service April 5, 1943. He served 15 months in Europe during World War II in the Rhineland and Central European campaigns. After his discharge in 1946, Carr earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and then a law degree from the University of North Carolina. In his first job out of law school, he received an appointment to serve as law clerk to Edwin R. Holmes, U. S. circuit judge for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and moved to Mississippi. Carr entered private law practice in Brookhaven, Mississippi, in 1951 and has lived there ever since. He was elected district attorney of the Fourteenth Judicial District in 1955 and served seven years. In 1962, he was elected chancellor of the Fifteenth Chancery Court District of Mississippi. He retired in 1990 and is now a chancellor, senior status. Carr's community service includes his church, the Faith Presbyterian Church in Brookhaven, the Kiwanis Club, and the Brookhaven- Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce. He is past chairman of the Board of Trustees of Belhaven College. Recognitions include the distinguished service award from the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce in 1957 and the 1962 Soap Box Award from the Brookhaven- Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce. He married the former Mary Helen Field of Centreville and has two daughters, Mrs. Helen Waltman and Mrs. Julie Chadwick, and four grandchildren: Michael Waltman, Mary Waltman, William Chadwick Jr., and Michael Carr Chadwick.
Topics Discussed
Biographical information Law clerk Brookhaven Chancery judge Mississippi civil rights movement The Brown decision States' rights Judge Tom P. Brady State Sovereignty Commission Making speeches mus- coh. carrm. doc Page 1 of 16
Object Description
| Title | Oral history with Michael L. Carr Jr. |
| Description | Oral history.; Interview conducted on October 28, 1993 with Judge Michael L. Carr (born 1920). He moved to Mississippi when he received an appointment to serve as law clerk to Edwin R. Holmes, U.S. circuit judge for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Carr entered private law practice in Brookhaven, Mississippi, in 1951 and has lived there ever since. He was elected district attorney of the Fourteenth Judicial District in 1955 and served seven years. In 1962, he was elected chancellor of the Fifteenth Chancery Court District of Mississippi. He retired in 1990 when he was designated chancellor, senior status. |
| Date of interview | 28 October 1993 |
| Interviewer | Katagiri, Yasuhiro, 1960- |
| Coverage (time period) | 1920-1993 (primarily 1954-early 1960s) |
| Resource type | Text |
| Format | Digital reproduction of a 16-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 to the University of Southern Mississippi. |
| 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 | 221.021 KB |
| File extension | |
| Identifier | mus-coh.carrm |
| File name | mus-coh.carrm.pdf |
