Tape 3, Side 1, 1989 December 29
Item — Tape: 3 Side 1
Scope and Contents
Tape 3, Side 1
Tape 3, Side 1
- His brother, N.M. Joiner, known as "Hap" with State Corporation Commission in Santa Fe
- Request to Governor Clyde Tingley for UNM student job
- Governor called President Zimmerman at UNM
- He was met at bus station by Tom Popejoy--later UNM president
- Joiner was 1st UNM Postmaster at $75/month
- Election fraud in Albuquerque
- He was president of Young Democrats
- U.S. Senator Dennis Chavez
- Orange crate full of money
- Mexicans in truck to 8 polling places
- Dance at El Fidel Hotel
- Sheriff seized ballots and burned them
- Ralls Banner (again)
- Burned in early 1950's
- Donations by townspeople
- Drugstore owner--not Troy Payne, Bill Anderson or Dismukes
- Benton financed rebuilding
- Salvaged only old press
- Bank gave unlimited credit
- J. Ed McLaughlin
- President of Rotary International
- Segregation in Ralls- "The Black Honor Roll"
- [?Daughter Carol speaking]
- Describes Time Magazine article
- Drinking fountains
- [Ernest Joiner speaking again]
- Ernest Joiner's father had a restaurant
- Blacks ate in kitchen
- "Separate but not Equal"
- Affirmative Action wrong way to address
- Oakland, California bankers
- UNM with Hispanics
- "I want equality, not special privileges for anyone"
- Minority solution is education and training
- Song "Goodnight Irene"
- Ralls Cafe loudspeakers
- He busted record on floor
- Charlie Guy (Charles A. Guy)
- Friend and reporter
- Successor was Kenneth ?Maine
- He died about a year ago
- Considered doing forward to Joiner's book
- The Establishment
- More entrenched in small towns
- Ralls (again)
- Claude Adams was mayor and wrote Sebasatopol Chamber of Commerce
- "Thanks for taking Joiner away"
- Joiner left Ralls "3 jumps ahead of a posse"
- Five years later welcomed back
- Craig McDonald, rancher between Ralls and Lubbock
- Offered to set up Joiner again in Ralls
- Small town politics
- [Daughter, Vicki McNair speaking]
- She was in law school in 1974
- Letter from attorney in Sonoma County
- Asked her to have Joiner "back off" attorneys
- His dislike of lawyers
- "I would prefer my daughter be a prostitute than lawyer"
Dates
- 1989 December 29
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 1 Folder (4 audio tapes)
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu