William F. Winter and the new Mississippi : a biography / Charles C. Bolton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bolton, Charles C.

Series:

Willie Morris books in memoir and biography.

Willie Morris books in memoir and biography

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Governors--Mississippi--Biography.

Governors.

Mississippi--Politics and government--1951-.

Mississippi.

Winter, William F.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2013.

Summary:

For more than six decades, William F. Winter (b. 1923) has been one of the most recognizable public figures in Mississippi, as legislator, tax collector, treasurer, and as lieutenant governor. He served as governor of the state of Mississippi from 1980 to 1984. A voice of reason and compromise during the tumultuous civil rights battles, he represented the earliest embodiment of the white moderate politicians who emerged throughout the 'New South', his leadership playing a pivotal role in ushering in the New Mississippi: a society that moved beyond the racial caste system that had defined life in the state for almost a century after emancipation.

Contents:

Grenada Farm

College and campaigning

World War II

Moderate in the land of the dixiecrats

Massive resistance

State politics and civil rights

The 1967 governor's race

Right man, wrong job

A tale of two campaigns

Governor William Winter: a new image for Mississippi

Education reform: the Christmas miracle

Post-governor blues

Fighting for the new Mississippi.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-62103-948-X

OCLC:

828334130