Reminiscences of William Taylor 1988

 

Name
Taylor, William L., 1931-2010 (Interviewee)
Chafe, William H., 1942- (Interviewer)
Title
Reminiscences of William Taylor 1988
Abstract
Law school with Lowenstein at Yale; Adlai Stevenson presidential campaign; contacts with Americans for Democratic Action; work with National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Legal Defense Fund; recollections of 1960 presidential race; Freedom Summer in Mississippi; Civil Rights Commission during Kennedy administration; suspicion of Lowenstein by Student Nonviolent Coordinat ing Committee as representative of "establishment;" anti-communism and Lowenstein; Dump Johnson movement and 1968 presidential campaign; Lowenstein's congressional campaign; Lowenstein's congressional tenure; personal relationship with Lowenstein
Collection Name
Allard K. Lowenstein project
Subjects
Lawyers; African Americans--Civil rights; Political participation; Anti-communist movements; United States Politics and government 1945-1989; Taylor, William L., 1931-2010; Lowenstein, Allard K; Americans for Democratic Action; NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund; United States Commission on Civil Rights; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.); Democratic Party (U.S.); United States. Congress
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1988
Note (Biographical)
Attorney.
Note
Interviewed by William Chafe on June 2, 1988
Note (Provenance)
William Taylor, Gift 1989
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record
13628649
Also In
Time-Based Media
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-m117-f784
Related URLs
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