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Rankin, Edward L., 1919-2006

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Edward L. Rankin was a journalist and later a press assistant and private to William Umstead during his gubernatorial campaign in 1948 and his tenure as governor, from 1953 to 1955. After Umstead's death, Rankin served as private secretary to Luther Hodges, Umstead's successor.--From Oral Histories of the American South biography.

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Rankin, Edward L., 1919-2006

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Oral history interview with Edward L. Rankin, August 20, 1987

Creator:: Rankin, Edward L., 1919-
Date of Original:: 1987-08-20
Collection:: Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement
Contributing Institution:: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)