Carl Sanders oral history interview, March 28, 1989

Interviewed by Randy Sanders. Among topics discussed: Supreme Court decision that made the county unit system unconstitutional; 1962 governor's race; barbecues and rallies; Jimmy Carter's campaign style; rural "anti‑Atlanta" voters; anti‑establishment movement; Carter's promises; Carter's failure to be reelected governor or president; Lester Maddox; Sanders as moderate governor; efforts to elevate education; busing; Carter's campaign tactics; evaluation of the electorate; county unit system; changes in the Democratic Party; Republican Party in Georgia; political advertisements in the 1970 governor's race; Gerald Rafshoon; C.B. King; Carter's claim that Sanders was a white segregationist; importance of Carter's relationship with Martin Luther King, Jr.; Senator Richard Russell; Carter's broken promises; Carter's election to the state senate; post‑political life; assessment of current politics; U.S. Senate and Congress; assessment of racial policies during Sanders administration; Leroy Johnson; Jones Wayne; Julian Bond case; Carter's hypocrisy; comparison of Jimmy Carter and George Wallace; refusal to close schools; lack of prejudice in background; refusal to make race central issue in 1970 governor's race; Carter's lack of influence in Georgia and in nation; lack of trust in Carter's word; Carter was "phony."