- Collection:
- Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Fletcher Thompson, 1992 September 2
- Creator:
- Thompson, Fletcher, 1925-
- Contributor to Resource:
- Steely, Mel
University of West Georgia. Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program - Publisher:
- Carrollton, Ga. : University of West Georgia Special Collections in association with the Digital Library of Georgia
- Date of Original:
- 1992-09-02
- Subject:
- Georgia--Politics and government--1865-1950
Georgia--Politics and government--1951-
Legislators--Georgia--Interviews
Atlanta Journal
Black Panther Party
CBS Broadcasting Inc.
United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Harvard University
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Emory University--Alumni and alumnae
Woodrow Wilson College of Law--Alumni and alumnae
Georgia. General Assembly. Senate
United States. Air Force
Air pilots--United States
Lawyers--Georgia
Campaign funds--Georgia
School integration--Georgia
Korean War, 1950-1953--Veterans
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Watergate Affair, 1972-1974
World War, 1939-1945
Tet Offensive, 1968 - People:
- Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002
Arnall, Ellis Gibbs, 1907-1992
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Young, Andrew, 1932-
Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
Thompson, Fletcher, 1925-
Abrams, Bernie
Ashbrook, John M.
Ashworth, Richard
Clark, Charles, 1925-
Clark, Ramsey, 1927-2021
Ali, Muhammad, 1942-2016
Collins, Leah Sears
Davis, John William, 1916-1992
First, Bob
First, Jean
Flynt, John James, 1914-2007
Fonda, Jane, 1937-
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006
Griffin, Marvin, 1907-1982
Guffman, Eleanor
Guffman, Richard
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Kitchens, Lou
Lance, Bert, 1931-2013
Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003
Miller, Zell, 1932-2018
Nunn, Sam
Pickett, Roscoe
Reagan, Ronald
Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971
Sanders, Carl, 1925-2014
Sheets, Harold Frank
Speck, Richard, 1941-
Talmadge, Betty
Thompson, James Fletcher
Vandiver, S. Ernest (Samuel Ernest), 1918-2005
Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998
Weltner, Charles Longstreet
Westmoreland, William C. (William Childs), 1914-2005 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Georgia, Bartow County, Cartersville, 34.16533, -84.80231
United States, Georgia, Carroll County, 33.58282, -85.07974
United States, Georgia, Cherokee County, Allatoona Lake, 34.13154, -84.63333
United States, Georgia, Cobb County, 33.94147, -84.57667
United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, 33.77153, -84.22641
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, 33.79025, -84.46702
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, East Point, 33.67955, -84.43937
United States, Georgia, Gordon County, Calhoun, 34.50259, -84.95105
United States, Tennessee, Hamilton County, Chattanooga, 35.04563, -85.30968 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
moving images - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Standish Fletcher Thompson was born in College Park, Georgia on February 5, 1925. He attended public schools before serving in the U.S. Army air Corps from 1944-1946, after which he graduated from Emory University in 1949. He returned to the military, serving as a U.S. Air Force pilot during the Korean conflict, from 1950-1953. Thompson earned a law degree from Woodrow Wilson College of Law in 1957, after which he went into legal practice. In 1964 he won a seat as a Republican to represent the 34th District in the Georgia Senate and moved on to win a seat in the 5th U.S. Congressional District in 1966. He held on to the seat as a very conservative Republican in a Democratic district until giving it up to run for the U.S. Senate in 1972, losing to Sam Nunn. Thompson went back into private practice and currently lives in Marietta.; Interviewed by Mel Steely on September 2, 1992 at West Georgia College.; This interview starts where the first left off, and they begin talking about his staff and any issues he had with them, which includes an instance of them going through an opponent's trash without Thompson's knowledge. The conversation shifts to funding and asking for money from supporters, and Thompson states that he never sent out letters asking for money, which hurt him in the election against Sam Nunn. Thompson then answers questions about his stance on busing to encourage integration of schools during the 1960s. Thompson discusses segregation, the Vietnam War, and being a Republican in the Congress during his tenure. Dr. Steely also asks questions regarding problems during Thompson's time in office, and they specifically discuss the highway 75/Lake Allatoona issue. Thompson opens up with a discussion on his decision to appoint Charles Clark to his staff as one of the first African-Americans on a political staff.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:uwg_phc_thompson19920902
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/uwg/phc/do:thompson19920902
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [interview title], Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program oral history interviews. Annie Belle Weaver Special Collections, Irvine Sullivan Ingram Library, University of West Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 transcript; 2 interviews (circa 1 hr.; circa 28 mins.)
- Original Collection:
- Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program oral history interviews. Annie Belle Weaver Special Collections, Irvine Sullivan Ingram Library, State University of West Georgia
- Holding Institution:
- University of West Georgia. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
