Mackay, James A. (James Armstrong), 1919-2004
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1919 - 2004
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Goodwin Party oral history interview, July 25, 1977
Item — Othertype Oral History: Series Series A: ; Series Series B:; Series Series C: ; Series Series D: ; Series Series E: ; Series Series F: ; Series Series G: ; Series I; Series II; Series III; Series IV
Identifier: GoodwinG_19770725_P1977-20
Scope and Contents
Interviewed by Lorraine Spritzer. Among topics discussed: Jim Davis; Mankin's qualities; Mankin's rump committee; Robert Ramspeck; Davis's racial extremism; John Sammons Bell; Rooster Armisted; M. L. St. John; Murphy Candler; Larry McDonald; Georgia and the ERA; B. Brooks, editor of The Statesman, photographs Mankin at interracial meetings; George Stewart; Martin Luther King, Jr. and 1960 traffic offense which senthim to Reidsville prison; intercession of John and Robert Kennedy in King...
Dates:
July 25, 1977
James Mackay oral history interview, March 18, 1986
Item — Othertype Oral History: Series Series A: ; Series Series B:; Series I; Series II; Series III; Series IV
Identifier: MackayJ_19860318_P1986-01
Scope and Contents
Interviewed by Cliff Kuhn. Among topics discussed: Family background; City of Zion religious community; family's political activity; Ku Klux Klan; family life; values; educational background; attraction to politics; feelings about war and freedom; segregation in Georgia; Ralph Bunche; Tom Teepen; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Max Cleland; dirty tricks; Dorothy Tilly; Jimmy Carmichael; the Talmadges; "B" Brooks and Ed Friend; changing DeKalb County; Coast Guard service in WW II; Tom Murphy and terms...
Dates:
March 18, 1986
James Mackay oral history interview, March 31, 1986
Item — Othertype Oral History: Series Series A: ; Series Series B:; Series I; Series II; Series III; Series IV
Identifier: MackayJ_19860331_P1986-01
Scope and Contents
Interviewed by Cliff Kuhn. Among topics discussed: Georgia Veterans for Majority Rule; 1950 race against Ben Smith; political opposition; 1952 Mel Turner race; 1934 Atlanta mayoral race; efforts to end county unit system; Della Andrews and the Society for the Preservation of the Supremacy of the White Race; Morris Abram; Neill Primary Act; campaign strategies and issues; Plan of Improvement; Mackay's defeat; Jim Davis; learning the ropes as a new legislator; toll‑road blacklist; Mills Lane;...
Dates:
March 31, 1986