TY  - BOOK
AU  - Link,William A.
TI  - Frank Porter Graham: southern liberal, citizen of the world 
SN  - 9781469664941
AV  - F259 .F736 2021
KW  - Graham, Frank Porter,
KW  - Statesmen
KW  - North Carolina
KW  - Biography
KW  - College presidents
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Beginnings --; University man --; War and its aftermath --; The UNC presidency --; Angels of darkness --; The New Deal comes south --; The limits of gradualism --; A practical philosopher of compromise --; Postwar crises --; The anti-communist attack --; A tocsin of democratic decency --; Peacemaker --; Champion of peace and freedom; 2; b
N2  - "Frank Porter Graham (1886-1972) was one of the most consequential white southerners of the twentieth century. Born in Fayetteville and raised in Charlotte, 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, 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"--
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