1media/caroisr-1958-02-19-Speeches.jpg2022-09-19T17:16:03-07:00Dawn Schmitz058a3a82673b345aeb84d7969cae24e0a5c62dd1413248plain2024-10-29T14:33:55-07:00Dawn Schmitz058a3a82673b345aeb84d7969cae24e0a5c62dd1Golden found an important ally in Frank Porter Graham, who served as president of the University of North Carolina, as well as a U.S. senator, and a United Nations official. Graham reached out to Golden in the early 1940s when the Carolina Israelite’s stand on segregation was making many locals nervous, especially some members of the Charlotte Jewish community. Graham wrote Golden, praising the paper and inviting him to what became a well-publicized visit with local authors and academics. “When the Jews of Charlotte saw a picture of me with all those Gentiles,” Golden wrote later, “they figured I was kosher, and I was on my way.”
1media/goldhar-ms0020-p09-03-443_thumb.jpg2022-11-23T13:53:15-08:00Frank Porter Graham receiving the Carolina Israelite Award8In 1946 Golden reported that a majority of Carolina Israelite readers chose Charlotte native Frank Porter Graham (right) to receive the Carolina Israelite Award. Graham was president of the University of North Carolina and an appointee to the President’s Commission on Civil Rights under Harry Truman. The man pinning the award on Graham has not been identified.A man is pinning an award on the lapel of Frank Porter Graham.media/goldhar-ms0020-p09-03-443.jpgplain2024-10-02T10:29:49-07:00Harry Golden Papers MS0020, J. Murrey Atkins Library, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte1946imageThis Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). If you have additional information about any of the materials in this collection, or if you believe that you own the copyright, please contact us and include a specific description of the material in question.