James Mackay oral history interview, March 18, 1986

Item — othertype: Oral History

Identifier: MackayJ_19860318_P1986-01

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James Mackay oral history interview

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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 in the state legislature; Cocking affair; Herman Talmadge; running for president of the United States; Rosenwald Foundation grant to study Georgia politics; 1946 black registration in Atlanta; William Holmes Borders; support for Gary Hart; money in American politics; heroes and villains.

Dates

Creation: March 18, 1986

Creator

Mackay, James A. (James Armstrong), 1919-2004 (Interviewee, Person)

Restrictions on Access

Oral history available for research.

Biographical Note

James Mackay (1919-2004) served in the Georgia House of Representatives 1951 to 1953 and 1955 to 1965, and was the 4th District U. S. Representative in Congress from 1965 to 1967.