Reminiscences of John Lawrence Siegenthaler : oral history, 1974.

Biographical Note

Journalist, newspaper editor.

Scope and Contents

Early life; experiences as investigative reporter for the Nashville TENNESSEAN; TENNESSEAN in the 1950s; work for John F. Kennedy's campaign and with Robert Kennedy until 1962; civil rights involvement; southern journalism; TENNESSEAN attitudes on Tennessee Valley Authority and concern with southern issues; Roberty Kennedy's campaign and assassination.

Subjects

• Campaign management.
• Civil rights.
• Finger, William R., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• Journalists--Interviews.
• Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
• Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968.
• Nashville TENNESSEAN (Newspaper)
• Oral histories.
• Siegenthaler, John L., 1927-
• Southern States--History--1951-
• Tennessee Valley Authority.
• Tramel, Jim, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr

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