Name
Brownell, Herbert, 1904-1996 (Interviewee)
Edwin, Ed (Interviewer)
Title
Oral history interview with Herbert Brownell, 1968
Other Titles
Reminiscences of Herbert Brownell, 1968
Abstract
1952 pre-convention and election campaigns; Republican Party; selection of the Cabinet; other appointments; Justice Department and Attorney General's Office; immigration; integration; Emmett Till case; Brown case; Tidelands case; Bricker amendment; Julius and Ethel Rosenberg; Joseph R. McCarthy; Adam Clayton Powell; Civil Rights Act of 1957; Little Rock crisis; presidential incapacity legislation; national security; labor racketeering prosecution; anti-trust law enforcement; impressions of Dwight Eisenhower
Collection Name
Eisenhower administration project
Subjects
Politicians; Lawyers; Civil rights--United States; African Americans--Civil rights; School integration--Arkansas; Presidents--Election--1952.--United States; Internal security--United States; Law--United States; United States Politics and government 1953-1961; United States Race relations; Brownell, Herbert, 1904-1996; Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969; Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
1968
Physical Description
347 pages
Note (Biographical)
Lawyer, politician
Note
Interviewed by Ed Edwin on January 25, March 17, May 5, 1967; and January 31 and April 12, 1968
Note (Provenance)
Herbert Brownell, Gift 1967
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Catalog Record
13752135
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-xcab-nz03
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.