Oral history transcript, Eugene C. Patterson, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1969, by T.H. Baker

Title:

Oral history transcript, Eugene C. Patterson, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1969, by T.H. Baker

Number of Pages:

29

Description:

Biographical information; the 1960 convention; Russell urges LBJ not to accept the vice-presidential nomination; Ralph McGill; anecdote of the MLK funeral; LBJ and the Ashmore-Baggs visit to North Vietnam; LBJ asks Patterson to serve on the Civil Rights Commission; a discussion with LBJ about the press; LBJ meets with observers of the 1967 elections in Vietnam, a staged affair; Civil Rights Commission-Justice Department relations, especially under RFK; LBJ ignores the Civil Rights Commission; Frankie Freeman; the 1965 report on discrimination in agriculture programs; other contributions of the commission; recognizing the northern and urban dimension of civil rights issues; LBJ evaluated; the legacy of the Great Society and the fight for civil rights; faults the military and the State Department for failure in Vietnam; critique of the American South

Contributor:

Patterson, Eugene C.

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Eugene C. Patterson

Subject:

Elections - 1960 Presidential; Civil rights

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details