Identifier:
mus-coh_wilsonr
Description:
Oral history.; Mr. Roberts Wilson Jr. was born July 6, 1941, in Rosedale, Mississippi. After attending both Vanderbilt University and the University of Mississippi, he went to Washington. D.C., during the mid 1960s where he worked in the office of Mississippi Senator John Stennis. Returning to Mississippi, he attended Ole Miss Law School, graduating in 1969. In 1970, Mr. Wilson married Ann Smith of Birmingham, Alabama. Both Mr. Wilson and his wife have been active in Mississippi politics, and Mr. Wilson has run for state senate, state representative and mayor of Pascagoula. At the time of this interview, Mr. Wilson was practicing as a trial attorney in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Wilson discusses his family's history; the murder of Emmett Till in Money, Mississippi; his work in the office of Mississippi Senator John Stennis in Washington, D.C.; the integration of Little Rock Central High School in 1957; the enrollment of James Meredith at the University of Mississippi; the Vietnam War and Mississippi politics.
Creator:
Pyle, R. Wayne, 1948-; Wilson, Roberts Jr.
Date:
06 August 1980
Format:
Digital reproduction of a 55-page document.
Contributors:
Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services to the University of Southern Mississippi.
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Collection:
Oral history of Delta State University.
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