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An Oral History with George Rogers
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
George Rogers was born in 1917 in Vicksburg. He earned a bachelor's degree in international relations from Yale University and attended Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. He earned his law degree from Ole Miss and opened a law firm. In 1952, Mr. Rogers was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives, where he served for more than twenty years. Mr. Rogers became well known for his dedication to education reform in Mississippi and served as chairman of the Education Committee for many years. He worked closely on the Minimum Foundation Program, on reforming the leasing laws for sixteenth- section land, and on setting up the state's data processing center. After serving as chairman for Mississippi's Central Data Processing Authority, Mr. Rogers was hired in 1977 by the Central Intelligence Agency to coordinate its electronic data processing. Mr. Rogers and his wife, Muriel, have four children: Paul, John, Peter, and Elizabeth.
Topics Discussed
Background and family history World War II service Rhodes Scholarship Family First state legislative campaign Sixteenth- section land reform Strategies and procedures for working in the legislature Minimum Foundation Program and education reform Brown v. Board of Education and civil rights era Speaker Walter Sillers William Winter's campaign for speaker Speaker John Junkin Speaker Buddie Newman Governor Paul B. Johnson Jr.' s administration Legislators Governor William Winter's administration John Bell Williams
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Object Description
| Title | Oral history with George Rogers |
| Description | Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 16, 1977 with George Rogers (born 1927). Mr. Rogers, a Rhodes Scholar, was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives, where he served for more than twenty years. He became well known for his dedication to education reform in Mississippi and served as chairman of the education committee for many years. He worked closely on the Minimum Foundation Program, on reforming the leasing laws for sixteenth-section land. |
| Date of interview | 16 November 1977 |
| Interviewer | Caudill, Orley B. |
| Coverage (time period) | 1927-1977 (primarily the 1940s, 1953-1956, and the 1960s) |
| Resource type | Text |
| Format | Digital reproduction of a 53-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 | 354.098 KB |
| File extension | |
| Identifier | mus-coh.rogersg |
| File name | mus-coh.rogersg.pdf |
