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This lecture series honors Frank Porter Graham, President of the University of North Carolina,1930-1949, and United States Senator, 1949-1950. “Dr Frank,” perhaps more than any other person, defined education, culture, and politics in North Carolina in the twentieth century. Three of the enduring themes throughout Graham’s life were:

  • a universal concern for those living in desperate conditions – the disadvantaged, the dispossessed, or the oppressed in body and spirit;
  • an unflinching commitment to freedom of speech as the essence of a free University in a free society, a commitment grounded in the knowledge that when the despised speaker is denied a forum, democracy is threatened; and
  • an abiding confidence and trust in the ability of students to play a responsible role in the affairs of the University.
This lecture series seeks to enshrine these parts of the legacy of Frank Porter Graham.

The Frank Porter Graham Lecture Series is made possible by a generous gift to the University by Taylor McMillan ’60.

Past & Upcoming Frank Porter Graham Lectures
2009-2010 - Anna Deavere Smith: "Finding Grace and Kindness in a Winner-Take-All  Society"
2008-2009 - John McWhorter: "History in the Making: What We Know About Poverty and What We Should Forget"
2007-2008 - Lord Mark Malloch-Brown: "Making Private Capital Work for the Poor"
2006-2007 - Diane Ravitch: "The Past and Future of 'No Child Left Behind'"
2005-2006 - Len Morris & Robin Romano: "Stolen Childhoods"
2004-2005 - Hernando de Soto: "The Mystery of Capital"
 
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