The North Carolina Century: Tar Heels Who Made a Difference, 1900-2000

by Covington, Howard E., Jr.

• ISBN13: 9780807827574
• ISBN10: 0807827576
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS

Summary

This collection profiles the people who helped shape life in North Carolina in the twentieth century. It includes 160 biographical sketches of Tar Heels who made a difference, highlighting their accomplishments in the areas of agriculture, the arts, business, education, law, media, politics, popular culture, public service, religion, social movements, and sports. Some of those profiled are familiar because of their prominence in public life--Thomas Wolfe, John Hope Franklin, Doris Betts, Jesse Helms, Doc Watson, and Richard Petty, for example. Others are less well known today but made contributions that deserve to be remembered: James E. Shepard, founder of what is now North Carolina Central University; Ellen Winston, the first U.S. Commissioner of Welfare; and former state Supreme Court Justice Henry Frye, the first African American elected to the General Assembly in the twentieth century. All had a hand in shaping North Carolina between 1900 and 2000, a period during which the state emerged from the aftermath of the Civil War and became a model for development and progressive movements across the South.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Introduction: The North Carolina Century: Two Paths to the Future	1	(14)
Dr. Jeffrey J. Crow
AGRICULTURE	15	(22)
Hugh Hammond Bennett	17	(4)
Jonathan Phillips
James A. Graham	21	(3)
Ned Cline
Hugh MacRae	24	(3)
Ralph Grizzle
Jane S. McKimmon	27	(3)
Jane Veronica Charles
Wendell H. Murphy	30	(3)
Marion A. Ellis
Clarence H. Poe	33	(4)
Jonathan Phillips
ARCHITECTURE, SCIENCE, AND ENGINEERING	37	(22)
Stuart W. Cramer	39	(4)
Mark McGrath
Romeo Guest	43	(4)
Jim Schlosser
The Lee Family	47	(3)
Alex Coffin
James Addison Jones	50	(3)
Ken Sanford
A. G. Odell Jr.	53	(3)
Ken Sanford
D. A. Tompkins	56	(3)
Jack Claiborne
ARTS AND LITERATURE	59	(56)
Romare Bearden	61	(3)
Jane Grau
Doris Betts	64	(3)
Laura McAuliffe
Fred Chappell	67	(3)
Susannah Link
W. T. Couch	70	(3)
Karin Lisa Posser
Chuck Davis	73	(3)
Alisa Ann Johnson
John M. Ehle Jr.	76	(4)
Leslie Banner
Paul Green	80	(3)
Karin Lisa Posser
Randall Jarrell	83	(4)
Susannah Link
Lucy Morgan	87	(4)
Laura McAuliffe
Owen Family Potters	91	(3)
Steve Bouser
Reynolds Price	94	(3)
Rosemary Roberts
Louis D. Rubin Jr.	97	(3)
Ralph Grizzle
Lee Smith	100	(3)
Amy Rogers
Benjamin F. Swalin	103	(4)
Steve Bouser
Robert E. Ward	107	(3)
Timothy Lindeman
Thomas Wolfe	110	(5)
Ted Mitchell
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY	115	(88)
C. Grier Beam	117	(3)
Ken Sanford
The Belk Family	120	(3)
Alex Coffin
The Broyhill Family	123	(3)
Kathryn Staley
Charles A. Cannon	126	(3)
Benjamin A. Jolly
William A. V. Cecil	129	(4)
Ralph Grizzle
The Cone Family	133	(3)
Alex Coffin
Archibald K. ``Archie'' Davis	136	(4)
Frank Tursi
Thomas H. Davis	140	(3)
Walter R. Turner
James Goodnight	143	(3)
David Mildenberg
L. Gordon Gray	146	(3)
Frank Tursi
The Hanes Family	149	(4)
Stan Brennan
Ralph W. Ketner	153	(4)
Mark Wineka
J. Spencer Love	157	(3)
Marion A. Ellis
Carl McCraw, C. C. Cameron, and Edward E. Crutchfield	160	(3)
Marion A. Ellis
John Merrick, Aaron Moore, and C.C. Spaulding	163	(5)
Leslie Brown
Julian Price	168	(3)
M. S. Van Hecke
Addison H. Reese, Thomas I. Storrs, and Hugh L. McColl Jr.	171	(3)
Marion A. Ellis
R.J. Reynolds	174	(5)
Frank Tursi
Julian H. Robertson Jr.	179	(4)
Mark Wineka
Vernon C. Rudolph	183	(4)
J. Howell Smith
C. D. ``Dick'' Spangler Jr.	187	(4)
Marion A. Ellis
Louis V. Sutton	191	(3)
Charles A. Clay
The Tufts Family	194	(4)
M. S. Van Hecke
John H. Wheeler	198	(5)
Alice Eley Jones
EDUCATION	203	(64)
Charlotte Hawkins Brown	205	(5)
Lydia Hoffman
Olive Dame Campbell	210	(4)
David Whisnant
William D. Carmichael Jr.	214	(3)
Kenneth Joel Zogry
Bonnie E. Cone	217	(4)
Laura McAuliffe
B. B. and D. D. Dougherty	221	(4)
Karl E. Campbell
William P. Few	225	(3)
William E. King
John Hope Franklin	228	(4)
Marsha Cook Vick
William C. Friday	232	(4)
William Link
Frank Porter Graham	236	(4)
D. G. Martin
W. Dallas Herring	240	(4)
Jonathan Phillips
Leo W. Jenkins	244	(4)
Kathryn Schwille
J. Y. Joyner	248	(4)
Kathryn Schwille
W. L. Moore and English Jones	252	(4)
Becky L. Goins
William L. Poteat	256	(3)
Randal L. Hall
James E. Shepard	259	(3)
Stan Brennan
Norman A. Wiggins	262	(5)
J. Barlow Herget
LAW	267	(30)
Irving E. Carlyle	269	(3)
Charles A. Clay
Julius L. Chambers	272	(4)
Marsha Cook Vick
Walter M. Clark	276	(3)
Michael T. Smith
Albert Coates	279	(4)
Milton Heath
Henry E. Frye	283	(3)
David Scanzoni
James B. McMillan	286	(4)
E. Osborne Ayscue Jr.
John J. Parker	290	(4)
Jonathan E. Buchan Jr.
Susie M. Sharp	294	(3)
Michael T. Smith
MEDIA	297	(38)
W.J. Cash	299	(3)
Jerry Shinn
The Daniels Family	302	(4)
Kenneth Joel Zogry
A. J. Fletcher	306	(3)
Howard E. Covington Jr.
Carl Goerch	309	(3)
Amy Jo Wood
Harry L. Golden	312	(3)
Marion A. Ellis
J. Marse Grant	315	(3)
Charles A. Clay
The Jervay Family	318	(3)
J. Barlow Herget
Charles B. Kuralt	321	(3)
Ralph Grizzle
C. A. McKnight	324	(4)
Jack Claiborne
James H. Shumaker	328	(3)
Jack Betts
Capus M. Waynick	331	(4)
Owen Covington
MEDICINE	335	(28)
Annie L. Alexander	337	(3)
Mary Kratt
W. Reece Berryhill	340	(4)
Robert Conn
James E. Davis	344	(4)
Robert Conn
Wilburt C. Davison	348	(4)
Robert Conn
Aaron McDuffie Moore and Stanford Lee Warren	352	(4)
P. Preston Reynolds
Watson S. Rankin	356	(4)
Robert Conn
Mary Martin Sloop	360	(3)
Mary Kratt
PHILANTHROPY	363	(26)
I. D. and Herman Blumenthal	365	(3)
M. S. Van Hecke
Joseph M. Bryan	368	(3)
Ned Cline
The Dukes	371	(6)
Robert Durden
The Hills	377	(5)
Howard E. Covington Jr.
The Kenans	382	(3)
Marion A. Ellis
The Moreheads	385	(4)
Richard F. Knapp
POLITICS	389	(34)
Charles B. Aycock	391	(3)
Christine Flood
Harvey Gantt	394	(3)
Marion A. Ellis
Reginald A. Hawkins	397	(3)
Darlene McGill-Holmes
Jesse Helms	400	(4)
David Mildenberg
James E. Holshouser Jr.	404	(4)
Rob Christensen
James B. Hunt Jr.	408	(5)
J. Barlow Herget
Howard N. Lee	413	(4)
Owen Covington
Furnifold M. Simmons	417	(3)
Kenneth Joel Zogry
Gladys A. Tillett	420	(3)
Stan Brennan
POPULAR CULTURE	423	(30)
Dorsey and Howard Dixon	425	(4)
Patrick Huber
Andy S. Griffith	429	(4)
Ryan Sumner
George Hamilton IV	433	(3)
Frye Gaillard
Bascom Lamar Lunsford	436	(3)
David Whisnant
Loonis McGlohon	439	(4)
Jerry Shinn
Charlie Poole	443	(4)
Patrick Huber
Arthur Smith	447	(3)
Ralph Grizzle
Arthel Lane ``Doc'' Watson	450	(3)
Ryan Sumner
PUBLIC SERVICE	453	(78)
Josiah W. Bailey	456	(4)
Jonathan Phillips
Harriet M. Berry	460	(4)
Lydia Charles Hoffman
Hargrove ``Skipper'' Bowles Jr.	464	(4)
Alex Coffin
Eva Mc. Clayton	468	(3)
Charles Clay
Elizabeth H. Dole	471	(3)
Steve Bouser
Robert and Rufus Doughton	474	(4)
Ralph Grizzle
Samuel J. Ervin Jr.	478	(4)
Karl E. Campbell
O. Max Gardner	482	(4)
Kim Cumber Anderson
Edwin M. Gill	486	(4)
Steve Bouser
Luther H. Hodges	490	(5)
Edwin L. Rankin Jr.
Cameron Morrison	495	(4)
Lydia Charles Hoffman
Hugh Mc. Morton	499	(4)
Ralph Grizzle
Walter Hines, Frank, and Robert N. Page	503	(6)
Steven Niven
Thomas J. Pearsall	509	(4)
Steven Niven
Terry Sanford	513	(5)
Howard E. Covington Jr.
The Scotts of Haw River	518	(5)
William D. Snider
Gertrude Weil	523	(4)
Steven Niven
Ellen B. Winston	527	(4)
Lydia Charles Hoffman
RELIGION	531	(20)
Shirley Caesar	533	(4)
Marsha Cook Vick
Charles M. Grace	537	(3)
M. S. Van Hecke
Billy Graham	540	(3)
Frye Gaillard
Carlyle Marney	543	(4)
Marion A. Ellis
Willis D. Weatherford	547	(4)
Karl Rohr
SOCIAL MOVEMENTS	551	(38)
Frederick D. and Kelly M. Alexander	554	(4)
Darlene McGill-Holmes
Ella J. Baker	558	(4)
Steven Niven
Joyce Dugan	562	(3)
William Anderson
The Greensboro Four: Franklin McCain, Joe McNeill, David Richmond, and Ezell Blair	565	(4)
Frye Gaillard
Wilbur Hobby	569	(4)
Steven Niven
J. Robert Jones	573	(3)
Ned Cline
Floyd Bixler McKissick	576	(4)
Steven Niven
Benjamin F. Muhammad (formerly Benjamin F. Chavis Jr.)	580	(3)
Ryan Sumner
Howard W. Odum	583	(3)
Stephanie Adams
Orrin H. Pilkey Jr.	586	(3)
Stan Swofford
SPORTS	589	(36)
Marjorie Jane ``Marge'' Burns	591	(3)
Irwin Smallwood
Everett N. Case	594	(3)
Charles A. Westmoreland Jr.
Clarence E. ``Bighouse'' Gaines	597	(3)
Charles A. Westmoreland Jr.
Michael J. Jordan	600	(4)
Donald W. Patterson
Charles ``Choo-Choo'' Justice	604	(3)
Jerry Shinn
Horace A. ``Bones'' McKinney	607	(3)
Wilt Browning
Richard Petty	610	(4)
Tom Higgins
Dean Smith	614	(3)
John Kilgo
Wallace Wade	617	(3)
Charles R. Westmoreland Jr.
LeRoy T. Walker	620	(5)
Charles A. Westmoreland Jr.
Index	625