All That's Not Fit to Print: Anticommunist and White Supremacist Campaign Literature in the 1950 North Carolina Democratic Senate Primary

Record #:

21814

Author(s):

Gentry, Jonathan

Abstract:

This article examines the influence of negative campaign literature had on the 1950 Senate primary race between Frank Porter Graham and Willis Smith. Non-aligned political committees who favored Smith issued material that exploited public fear and proved pivotal to Smith's victory in the runoff election.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 82 Issue 1, Jan 2005, p33-60 , il, por, f

Subject(s):

North Carolina--Politics and government