Name: Frank Porter Graham. Southern Liberal, Citizen of the World
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Author: William A. Link
ISBN: 9781469692067

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Frank Porter Graham. Southern Liberal, Citizen of the World

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

The University of North Carolina Press

Author

William A. Link

Year

2025

Pages

384

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

23.50 x 15.50 cm

ISBN13

9781469692067

Frank Porter Graham. Southern Liberal, Citizen of the World

William A. Link (Author) · The University of North Carolina Press · Paperback

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Synopsis "Frank Porter Graham. Southern Liberal, Citizen of the World"

Frank Porter Graham (1888 – 1972) was one of the most consequential white southerners of the twentieth century. Born in Fayetteville and raised in Charlotte, Graham became an active and popular student leader at the University of North Carolina. After earning a graduate degree from Columbia University and serving as a marine during World War I, he taught history at UNC, and in 1930, he became the university's fifteenth president. Affectionately known as "Dr. Frank," Graham spent two decades overseeing UNC's development into a world-class public institution. But he regularly faced controversy, especially as he was increasingly drawn into national leadership on matters such as intellectual freedom and the rights of workers. As a southern liberal, Graham became a prominent New Dealer and negotiator and briefly a U.S. senator. Graham's reputation for problem solving through compromise led him into service under several presidents as a United Nations mediator, and he was outspoken as a white southerner regarding civil rights. Brimming with fresh insights, this definitive biography reveals how a personally modest public servant took his place on the national and world stage and, along the way, helped transform North Carolina.