Reminiscences of Fowler W. Martin 1988
- Name
- Martin, Fowler W (Interviewee)
- Chafe, William H., 1942- (Interviewer)
- Title
- Reminiscences of Fowler W. Martin 1988
- Abstract
- First contact with Allard K. Lowenstein, Stanford University, 1961; Lowenstein's power base at Stern Hall; growth of campus social issues into larger issues: civil rights in Mississippi; Stanford Daily as conduit for Lowenstein's ideas, 1963, 1964; quick peak and decline of Lowenstein's influence on Stanford campus; Lowenstein's Americans for Democratic Action background and use of red-baiting: rel ationships with protegees and rivals; success of Dump Johnson campaign, 1964 Mississippi campaign; 1968 Long Island campaign; impact of Lowenstein's shift from Eugene McCarthy to Robert Kennedy; Lowenstein's reaction to Robert Kennedy's assassination; issue of homosexuality; substance, quality of Lowenstein's achievements
- Collection Name
- Allard K. Lowenstein project
- Subjects
- Civil rights workers; Presidents--Election--1968.--United States; Male homosexuality; Mississippi Politics and government 1951-; United States Politics and government 1945-1989; Martin, Fowler W; Lowenstein, Allard K; Stanford University; Americans for Democratic Action; Democratic Party (U.S.)
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1988
- Note (Biographical)
- Civil rights worker; nickname is Skip
- Note
- Interviewed by William Chafe on October 15, 1988
- Note (Provenance)
- Fowler W. Martin, Gift 1991
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 13627385
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-3csd-fv48
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.