Shipp, Bill
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Bill Shipp oral history interview, April 22, 1987
Item — Othertype Oral History: Series Series A: ; Series Series B:; Series Series C: ; Series Series D: ; Series I; Series II; Series III; Series IV
Identifier: ShippB_19870422_P1987-05
Scope and Contents
Among topics discussed: Early career; Horace Ward case; Red and Black; racial politics; Board of Regents and student newspaper; Shipp's ostracism at UGA; Ralph McGill; army career; the Atlanta Constitution during the 1960s; Gene Patterson; Highlander Folk School; left wing elements of the civil rights movement; Jack O'Dell; coverage of the civil rights movement; University of Mississippi desegregation; Selma; General Walker;...
Dates:
April 22, 1987
Bill Shipp oral history interview, May 7, 1987
Item — Othertype Oral History: Series Series A: ; Series Series B:; Series Series C: ; Series Series D: ; Series I; Series II; Series III; Series IV
Identifier: ShippB_19870507_P1987-05
Scope and Contents
Interviewed by Cliff Kuhn. Among topics discussed: University of Mississippi riot; role of the media; inaccuracies in reporting; Selma; animosity towards the media; internal dynamics of Atlanta Constitution; Ralph McGill; George Biggers; conflicts over editorials; Jack Tarver; Gene Patterson; Jack Nelson; Civil Rights coverage; Richard Russell; Atlanta Constitution's political coverage; Ivan Allen; Herbert Jenkins; lottery corruption; investigative reporting;...
Dates:
May 7, 1987