
Terry Sanford: Governorship of North Carolina
Season 2004 Episode 102 | 57mVideo has Closed Captions
Part two begins with Sanford ’s association with John F. Kennedy.
According to Sanford, supporting Kennedy publicly was one of the most risky things that he did politically, primarily because North Carolina was not ready for some of Kennedy’s ideas. Even though Sanford supported Kennedy privately, he was reluctant to support him publicly until Bobby Kennedy asked him to second Kennedy’s nomination.
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Biographical Conversations with James Goodmon was made possible by the generous support of Frank Daniels, Jr.

Terry Sanford: Governorship of North Carolina
Season 2004 Episode 102 | 57mVideo has Closed Captions
According to Sanford, supporting Kennedy publicly was one of the most risky things that he did politically, primarily because North Carolina was not ready for some of Kennedy’s ideas. Even though Sanford supported Kennedy privately, he was reluctant to support him publicly until Bobby Kennedy asked him to second Kennedy’s nomination.
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Biographical Conversations With... is a local public television program presented by PBS NC
Biographical Conversations with James Goodmon was made possible by the generous support of Frank Daniels, Jr.