First meeting with LBJ in Congress; LBJ more of a man's man than JFK; LBJ's address to American Society of Newspaper Editors; LBJ's acceptance of VP; 1960's Mississippi racial atmosphere; armed himself; Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi; activities of the Citizen Council; 1964 election; civil rights situation in Mississippi; characterization of Governor Barnett; Negro leadership in Mississippi; history's judgementog LBJ; LBJ hated in the South; opinion of LBJ; unique unity of Greenville; political independence; wife's opinion of Lady Bird; strong Kennedy supporter; supper with RFK the night before his assassination; incident on plane after RFK's death; relationship between RFK and LBJ
Oral history transcript, Hodding Carter, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/8/1968, by T.H. Baker
Citation
Oral history transcript, Hodding Carter, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/8/1968, by T.H. Baker, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 30, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-carterh-19681108-1-73-13