James B. Hunt : a North Carolina progressive / by Wayne Grimsley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grimsley, Wayne, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hunt, James B., 1937-2025.

Hunt, James B.

Hunt, James B., 1937-.

Governors--North Carolina--Biography.

Governors.

Social policy.

North Carolina.

Progressivism (United States politics).

North Carolina--Politics and government--1951-.

Politics and government.

North Carolina--Social policy.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 283 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2003]

Summary:

Democrat James B. Hunt had a long career in politics, serving as governor of North Carolina from 1977 through 1985 and then again from 1993 through 2001. He not only exemplified the progressive tradition of earlier North Carolina governors, but transformed the tradition to embrace a concern for minorities, women's rights and consumer issues. This biography of Hunt discusses his early influences from his parents and his hometown of Rock Ridge; his years at North Carolina State College, where he was student president for two terms; and his transformation from a campaign volunteer for Terry Sanford to a political insider. From there, the book reveals how Hunt, still unknown to most of the public, defeated candidates with more campaign money to become lieutenant governor of the state in 1972. It describes his first two successful campaigns for the governorship and discusses the actions he took and programs he implemented in his first term as governor.

Contents:

1. Before Jim Hunt: The Birth of the Tar Heel Progressive Myth 5

2. Jimmy Hunt of Rock Ridge 16

3. The Political Education of Jim Hunt 32

4. Jim Hunt, Terry Sanford, and the Limits of Tar Heel Progressivism, 1960-1967 46

5. Jim Hunt and the Political Transformation of the American South, 1968-1971 59

6. "Keep Your Eye on Him": Hunt's 1972 Campaign for North Carolina Lieutenant Governor 72

7. Learning How to Lead: Hunt's First Two Years as Lieutenant Governor 86

8. The Mandate of '76: How Hunt Became Governor 100

9. The New Beginning: Jim Hunt and the 1977 Agenda 118

10. Jim Hunt's "Political Prisoners": The Wilmington Ten and the Charlotte Three 136

11. The Califano Controversies: Jim Hunt's Conflicts with the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) 154

12. The Selling of North Carolina, 1977-1980: Jim Hunt and the Economic Expansion of the Tar Heel State 170

13. Jim Hunt and Howard Lee: The Governor and the State's First Black Cabinet Secretary 184

14. The Reelection of Jim Hunt, 1980: A Progressive Wins in a Conservative Year 199

15. James B. Hunt, Jr., and the Evolution of North Carolina Progressivism, 1937-1980 217.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-274) and index.

ISBN:

0786416076

OCLC:

52086165