Carl Edward Sanders oral history interview, 1989 Mar. 28 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:The collection consists of an oral history interview with Carl Sanders on March 28, 1989 in which he discusses the 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 movements; 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