frank porter graham, unc president. in 1949, he was unexpectedly vaulted into the united states senate. when he was asked to fill the open seat when the senator who jump won the seat unexpectedly died. when frank porter graham was given that seat in 1949, in north carolina, there were certain segments of the population in that state who were not going to stand for a guy like him getting a job like that. and the reason that it's worth talking about today is because you should have seen the campaign that they ran against this guy. he just -- he had been president of the unc, got appointed to the seat. you should see how they ran against him. look at this. white people, wake up before it's too late. you might not have another chance. do you want negros working beside you, your wife, and your daughters in your mills and factories? do you want negros eating beside you in public places? do you want negros riding beside you, your wife, daughters, in cabs and trains? negros sleeping in the same hotels and rooming houses, negros

says at the bottom, frank graham favors mixing negroes and whites, if you do want this, vote for frank, if you don't vote for smith for senator, he will uphold the traditions of the south. that was the willis campaign for senate in 1950 in north carolina. you know this kind of stuff went on but it kind of taking your breath away to see it. the campaign for willis smith in that year they doctored the photo to make it look like frank graham's wife had been dancing with a black man. they photographed it that year. in 1948, all right, it was just the year before frank porter graham had been nominated to the senate seat two years before the senate race. president truman had ordered the desegregation of the military. famously that was you know, ultimately a huge success. but in 1948 and nine when that decision was fresh in that north carolina senate race against frank porter graham with the wake up white people flier and the fake photo of his wife with a black man in that senate race, the desegregation was just another lit match for dry grass. and one of the other things that the campaign fo

hello, frank. graham. i found an empty storefront on march and 28th avenue -- ideal location fofoour headquarters. ace and hire the best people before somebody else does. maybe we can have dinner tomorrow. can i, uh, tell the boys in the back room that tomorrow is definitely the day? tomorrow...will be the d d. i'm taking that smile to mean something positive. no comment till dinner. i won't press. by the way, earlier, the reason my antenna went up over that shooting incident t, uh, that could be opoprtune for certain people right now. i don't follow. our venerable mayor, being a one-time police lieutenant and longtime friend of heights captain ajanian -- are you suggesting that captain ajanian is ozzie's man? i'm just considering possibilities. trouble for you at this time might revitalize ozzie as a candidate. it's just a theory. [ telephone rings ] on pages 414-416, subsection "g" -- the randall-salassey morbidity test. that remains as is. have you, uh, ever asked yourself just what is a morbidity test?

frank. graham. you sure got your grin back. how do you feel? fine. good. that's great. frank furillo, this is irving hofler, tom thompson of the viking trust. we were pretty worried about you, but everything's fine? thank you. i still get more tired than usual. well, you just got up, what, two weeks now? uh, it's a month. hi, frank. jack helsinger. i saw that on tv, and i thought, "there goes our candidate." ending an aide. ozzie was coming here? well, he should be involved. there are no hard feelings. not at all. he's a damn nice fellow. actually, he seems in a bit of a snit. frank, ozzie will be announcing sometime next week that he won't be running for re-election. after that tragic thing with his boy, who can blame him for wanting to step down? i wasn't aware that he -- i'm sure that it took a great deal of soul-searching. anyway, let's talk about the future. hear! hear! congratulations. that's you, frank. oh, uh, ozzie asked me to convey that he's very glad that it's you. he's glad he won't have to support a candidate not of his own choice. i haven't accepted anythi