Frank Graham News & Bio

Name: Frank Graham Hometown: Fayetteville, NC Born: October 14, 1886 Died: February 16, 1972 Notes: UNC President

More than 90 years ago, poet Langston Hughes visited UNC amidst controversy
When Langston Hughes, a world-renowned poet, author and playwright was invited to speak at the then all-white University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 1931, the...
Thu Apr 20, 2023

University Libraries and UNC Press publish biography of UNC President Frank Porter Graham
UNC’s 15th president, Frank Graham, was one of the most consequential southerners of the 20th century. In the new biography “Frank Porter Graham: Southern Liberal,...
Sun Dec 19, 2021