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Fake photo of his wife with a black man, in that environment, that senate race, the desegregation of military was another lit match for dry grass. and one of the other things the campaign for willis smith did that year, and that race, they put out flyers accusing frank gram of nominating, god forbid, a black man to go wont. to that kind of audience, to the kind of voters that willis smith was trying to scare up for that senate race, that was almost the ultimate outrage. a black man to west point...

And then we get to the money part of it. frank graham, the newly appointed senator, the guy who had been unc president, and the guy just put in that open senate seat. says at the bottom, frank graham favors mixing negroes and whites, if you do want this, vote for frank, if you dont 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 ...

Willis smith, i think, i think he knew why he won. out of all the people who worked on his campaign, he took the guy who had come up with the idea for the flyer. he took the guy who reportedly personally used the scissors on the doctored photo of frank grahams wife with the black man on the dance floor. he took that race specialist from his campaign with him to washington to be his administrative assistant in the united states senate on his senate staff. interesting. even though he only brought ...

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 gr...