Jere Nash and Andy Taggart Interview with Lawrence Guyot

Interview conducted by author Jere Nash with Lawrence Guyot in the process of writing Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Guyot chaired the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Topics covered include Pass Christian, Mississippi; Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; voting registration; Bidwell Adams; Guyot\u27s family and background; Tougaloo College; Holmes County, Mississippi; Leflore County, Mississippi; Connor v. Johnson on legislative reapportionment; Section Five of the Voting Rights Act; 1964 and 1968 Democratic National Convention; coalition with the Loyalist Democrats; Hodding Carter; William Winter; Harold Cox; J.P. Coleman; Bennie Thompson; prosecution of civil rights cold cases; racial reconciliation; Medgar Evers; Aaron Henry; Charles Evers; Head Start; Robert Clark; Charlie Sullivan; Bill Waller