Sanford, an ambitious young politician and lawyer, believed in expanding opportunities for all citizens. In their run-off Lake wanted the contest to be a referendum on preserving segregation. Sanford's platform rested on the improvement of public schools.
Triumph of Good Will: How Terry Sanford Beat a Champion of Segregation and Reshaped the South
It was a heated struggle that would bind them together for the rest of their lives. With unparalleled access to both sides and an objective correspondent's hindsight view, John Drescher has written the biography of a campaign that set the winning strategy for many who followed, and of a winning candidate, a governor rated as one of the finest of the twentieth century.
Sanford, the moderate, won, and his victory is an oddity, for in the civil rights period from to only twice in the South did racial moderates defeat strong segregationists in a governor's race. In a gamble that almost cost Sanford the election, he became the first major politician in the Bible Belt to endorse the Catholic John F.
In the November vote he defeated his Republican opponent in what was then the closest North Carolina governor's race of the century.
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His win validated his belief in the triumph of good will among North Carolina's people. In a gamble that almost cost Sanford the election, he became the first major politician in the Bible Belt to endorse the Catholic John F. In the November vote he defeated his Republican opponent in what was then the closest North Carolina governor's race of the century.
His win validated his belief in the triumph of good will among North Carolina's people. Sanford became a bold, aggressive governor of unusual energy and creativity. His school program added teachers and dramatically raised teacher pay.
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He helped establish a statewide system of community colleges and started an anti-poverty fund later emulated by LBJ as a model for the War on Poverty. He was the first southern governor to call for employment without regard to race or creed.
Triumph of Good Will: How Terry Sanford Beat a Champion of Segregation and Reshaped the South
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Political history at its best! Triumph of Goodwill is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the pivotal gubernatorial race in North Carolina and the ramifications of that election throughout the South and the rest of the nation. Told in great detail, here is the story of how racial moderate Terry Sanford won the Democratic nomination for governor against a patron of segregation Beverly Lake. The book also details Sanford's controversial decision to become the first Southern politician to endores John Kennedy for the presidency, a decison that was filled with potential peril for Sanford, but one that paid off handsomely for the eventual governor of North Carolina.
Mixed into this work are behind the scenes stories of the campaign in North Carolina that give the reader a peek into how elections used to be conducted and also the beginnings of how they have become to be run in our present day. TV played a large part in the national election in , but television also played an important role in the North Carolina governor's race that year, including what is thought to be the first-time live television broadcast of a candidate's political rallys.
Triumph of Good Will is an excellent work, highly readable and highly recommended!
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