45-561: Julian Carr may refer to: Julian S. Carr (1845–1924), North Carolina industrialist, philanthropist, and white supremacist Julian Carr (politician) (1824–1886), Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council Julian Carr (skier, entrepreneur) (born November 9, 1978), of Salt Lake City, Utah. [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with
90-666: A Southern lady," and having performed this "pleasing duty" in front of a garrison of 100 Federal soldiers after she sought protection at the university. General Jule, as he was known, served as the representative for the Methodist Episcopal Church South to the United States Food Administration during World War I. Carr was instrumental in the Western education of Charles Soong and the financing of Soong's Shanghai Bible -publishing business, who later
135-403: A note to forestall foreclosure on a mortgage due in 1880. Carr was elected a trustee of Trinity College in 1883, and over the course of the decade acted as benefactor and administrator of the struggling institution that was eventually renamed Duke University. He engineered the selection of John F. Crowell as the institution's new president, and along with Washington Duke won support to remove
180-418: A number of primaries, and Clark entered the convention with more pledged delegates than did Wilson. However, he lacked the two-thirds vote necessary to secure the presidential nomination. Initially, the front runner appeared to be Clark, who received 440¼ votes on the first ballot to 324 for Wilson. Governor Judson Harmon of Ohio received 148 votes while U.S. Representative Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama ,
225-407: A plagiarist to boot. George Washington was a slave-owner; Abraham Lincoln was by our standards racist and white supremacist. Do they deserve to be disappeared too? Pace Mr. Sturkey, the answer is no. These men were four of the greatest beings in our history. Though hardly in their league, Julian Carr, on balance, was a force for good and deserves honorable remembrance too. "'Carr-washing' has become
270-554: A plantation in Hillsborough called Poplar Hill . Later in life, he was known as "General Carr," the unofficial rank having been bestowed by the state veterans' association due to his long service in veterans' affairs and generosity toward widows and their children. In 1923, UNC bestowed an honorary degree upon Julian Carr. Julian Carr died at his daughter's home in Chicago on April 29, 1924. Carr supported white supremacy and
315-587: A popular trend in Durham and Chapel Hill, as Julian Carr's name is taken off buildings, such as the Durham Performing Arts Center. His self-presentation, at the dedication of the Confederate Monument ( Silent Sam ) as proud to use violence to maintain white supremacy, has sparked a movement. The speech has been quoted at Black Lives Matter Movements, and secondhand sources say it was referenced at
360-459: A racially divisive and violent political campaign that shattered democracy in North Carolina for over 60 years. Julian Carr was not merely 'a man of his times,' but rather an architect of his times. He was an enemy of enlightenment and democracy whose rhetoric and actions, both then and now, cast dark shadows over the civil and political life of the state and retard our ability to move forward from
405-499: A ready hand, he has contributed more to the educational and charitable institutions of North Carolina than any other man in the state." At the centennial of his birth in 1945, President of the North Carolina College for Negroes (today's North Carolina Central University ) James E. Shepard was quoted as having said that "I have never known the first time for him to fail to give to any enterprise which he thought would benefit
450-685: A series of op-ed pieces in the Herald-Sun . Coclanis opined that "Carr, alas, was an ex-Confederate, and a man of his times, whose personal 'allusion' during a 1913 address in Chapel Hill—uttered when he was 67 years old—has made him a reviled figure among many people today. This is unfortunate and somewhat unfair in my view, however one feels about Silent Sam .... People are more than the worst thing they have done in their lives." Sturkey responded that Coclanis ... inaccurately portrays Carr as an otherwise generous philanthropist, unfairly vilified over
495-519: A single bad moment or poor choice of words. * * * Julian Carr’s broader body of work indicates a long career of vile and violent white supremacism.... In the broader view, Carr’s life was filled with abhorrent activities and rhetoric that are not only deplorable today, but were illegal and belligerent in his own time. Carr committed treason against the United States of America, advocated the murder and disfranchisement of African Americans, and helped lead
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#1732886528761540-674: A speech wherein he credited the Confederate soldiers of having "saved the very life of the Anglo Saxon race in the South," and as a consequence, "the purest strain of the Anglo Saxon is to be found in the 13 Southern States," after which he ended his speech by relating a personal anecdote when he was 19 years old of having soon after the war "horse-whipped a negro wench until her skirts hung in shreds" in Chapel Hill for having "publicly insulted and maligned
585-507: Is now North Carolina Central University . In 1999, University of North Carolina alumnus Sam Shaefer opined in the Raleigh News & Observer that Carr ... over the course of his life vigorously promoted and fought for some of the worst causes in human history – racial chattel slavery, racial segregation and white supremacy, and the restriction of political power to a small class of wealthy people. In our present, when we are faced with
630-524: The 1912 presidential election against a split Republican Party . Vice Presidential Balloting / 7th Day of Convention (July 2, 1912) The primary battles leading up to the 1912 Democratic Convention are a pivotal event in Taylor Caldwell 's 1972 novel Captains and the Kings . In the novel, the fictional Irish-Catholic Rory Daniel Armagh, a U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania , emerges as the front-runner for
675-528: The Ku Klux Klan , spoke favorably of the murder of African Americans that occurred during the Wilmington Massacre of 1898 , which he called a "grand and glorious event", and celebrated lynchings. As early as 1889 Carr had been described as "the foremost man in North Carolina", his name "a household word". When running for Senator in 1900, an editorial said that "with a large purse. a liberal heart and
720-612: The Supreme Court ; Gen. Julian S. Carr, Archibald Henderson, Wade Harris and E.K. Graham acted as an Advisory Committee and gave freely of their time and money to help the League." A long-time advocate for the welfare of Confederate veterans, the "high-private," as he liked to refer to himself, held the position of commander for the North Carolina division of the United Confederate Veterans from 1899 to 1915. He later ascended to
765-656: The University of Virginia march . Carr's slave count is undocumented other than those who labored for his companies, but his White Supremacist ties are undeniable." 1912 Democratic National Convention The 1912 Democratic National Convention was held at the Fifth Regiment Armory off North Howard Street in Baltimore from June 25 to July 2, 1912. The convention was held at the Fifth Regiment Armory in Baltimore from June 25 to July 2, 1912. It proved to be one of
810-437: The "pleasing duty" of horse-whipping an African-American " wench " "until her skirts hung in shreds", because he said she had "publicly insulted and maligned a Southern lady". This passage received a great deal of attention starting in 2011, after it was rediscovered in the university archives by a graduate student in history (Adam Domby) and published in the campus newspaper, The Daily Tar Heel . It contributed significantly to
855-450: The 1898 Wilmington massacre , in which an elected government was overthrown by force (the only such incident in American history), and where at least 60 black North Carolinians were murdered. In numerous speeches, he suggested that African Americans were better off enslaved and celebrated violence, even lynching, against black citizens. In 1880 he was nominated for lieutenant governor. Carr
900-430: The 1970s, the mill, abandoned for many years, was restored and opened as Carr Mill Mall . Carr was nominated for Vice President of the United States by delegates from North Carolina (and one from Montana ) at the 1900 Democratic National Convention , at which he gave a speech. He served as a delegate to the 1912 convention . Julian Carr had a significant role in bolstering white supremacy in North Carolina during
945-622: The Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, received 117¼ with the rest of the votes scattered among the other delegates. No candidate managed to gain a majority until the ninth ballot, when the New York delegation shifted its allegiance to Clark. Due to the then-official two-thirds rule used by the Democratic Party, Clark was never able to secure the presidential nomination as he failed to get
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#1732886528761990-664: The Trinity Methodist Church in up-town Durham; Trinity College ( Duke since 1934), Davidson , Wake Forest , Saint Mary's , Elon , Greensboro College . Additionally, Carr extended financial support for the North Carolina College for Negroes , now known as North Carolina Central University , and to the Training School for Colored People located in Augusta, Georgia." He was chairman of the board of trustees of what
1035-626: The University of North Carolina (today the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ) at the age of sixteen, in 1862. In 1863, he was drafted into the Confederate States Army , which interrupted his studies. Initially assigned clerical duties at the Bureau of Conscription, he was transferred in the following year to Company K in the 41st Regiment of North Carolina Troops, also known as the 3rd Regiment of North Carolina Cavalry, where he served in
1080-490: The colored people or to lend his influence in their behalf… He put his time and money into the effort to establish that institution, and no call upon him was ever made in vain. I have known scores and scores of colored people who were the recipients of his kindness and generosity. I, too, was a recipient of the same. I never knew a cause, as stated above, to be in vain. I have never known a colored person too poor or ignorant who went to General Carr for assistance who did not receive
1125-449: The discontent that culminated in the toppling of the statue on August 20, 2018. Carr was instrumental in the founding of Duke University (where the history building on East Campus was named after him from 1930 to 2018). As Trinity College struggled to overcome postwar dependency on uncertain student tuition and church donations, interested Methodist laymen were crucial to its survival. Carr's name first appears in college records signing
1170-524: The economy, and did not provide opportunities for generations of people (some of whom were African-American) to raise their living standards. Carr was exceptionally philanthropic to numerous causes and institutions.... History is tragedy, not melodrama, and all of us have feet of clay. Martin Luther, especially in his later writings, was clearly anti-Semitic; Martin Luther King Jr. was a notorious philanderer and
1215-588: The endorsement led William Jennings Bryan to turn against the Speaker of the House. A three-time Democratic presidential candidate and still the leader of the party's liberals, Bryan delivered a speech denouncing Clark as the candidate of " Wall Street ". Up until the Tammany endorsement, Bryan had remained neutral, but once the corrupt machine put itself behind Clark, he threw his support to New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson, who
1260-514: The enormity of the consequences of the ideology of racism, the monstrosity of unfettered capitalism, and active threats to the realistically very weak institutions of democracy that we hold on to, the idea of venerating Carr is the worst kind of apologia. During the dispute about that University's Silent Sam confederate monument, Peter Coclanis , Albert R. Newsome Distinguished Professor of History at UNC-Chapel Hill, and William Sturkey, Assistant Professor of History at UNC-Chapel Hill, disagreed in
1305-430: The era of Jim Crow . He publicly endorsed the Ku Klux Klan , opposed the 15th Amendment (1870) giving the vote to African-American men, and promoted racial unrest and turmoil in the late 19th century to defeat an interracial " Fusion " political party. Carr promoted his racial views through The News & Observer newspaper, which he bought, setting up white supremacist Josephus Daniels as its editor. He celebrated
1350-420: The latter of whom became the main progressive candidate. Governor Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana , who had swung his state's delegate votes to Wilson in later ballots, became the major candidate of conservatives. After the second ballot, Representative William Hughes , a leading campaign manager of Wilson's, successfully proposed making the nomination of Marshall unanimous. Wilson and Marshall went on to win
1395-492: The leadership of the national organization in 1921. In April 1923, while giving the keynote address at the annual convention of the United Confederate Veterans being held in New Orleans, Carr proudly announced that he was a member of the recently reestablished Ku Klux Klan. At the 1913 dedication of the Confederate Monument (later known as Silent Sam ) on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carr gave
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1440-515: The legacies of slavery and Jim Crow. In the final piece, Coclanis wrote I do not disagree with Sturkey's contention that Carr was a white supremacist and thus racist by our standards. That said, I fail to understand his larger point. The vast majority of white southerners – indeed, white Americans – during the period in which Carr lived were white supremacists and racists by our standards. The vast majority did not, however, make pioneering innovations in business, did not bring about profound changes in
1485-630: The more memorable United States presidential conventions of the 20th century. 1904 presidential nominee Judge Alton B. Parker of New York served as the Temporary chairman and Keynote Speaker while Representative Ollie M. James of Kentucky served as Permanent Convention chairman. As of 2024 , this is the last major party convention to be held in Baltimore. The main candidates were House Speaker Champ Clark of Missouri and Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey . Both Clark and Wilson had won
1530-542: The necessary two-thirds vote for victory. C. Vann Woodward stated that the 1912 Democratic nomination was "the first in half a century in which the South played a conspicuous and perhaps even decisive part". Earl Black and Merle Black stated that Underwood was the first southerner following the Civil War to seriously seek the Democratic nomination. Clark was able to gain a majority of the delegate vote, but lacked support in
1575-510: The rank of private. After the war, he resumed his university education. Subsequently, he spent two years working in business with his uncle in Arkansas. Upon his return to the state, Carr purchased one-third of the Durham -based tobacco company W. T. Blackwell and Company. His business acumen led to the firm's becoming known worldwide through its recognizable Bull Durham trademark. Carr became one of
1620-519: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Julian_Carr&oldid=1157307258 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Julian S. Carr Julian Shakespeare Carr (October 12, 1845 – April 29, 1924)
1665-430: The same." In 1962, Durham mayor W. F. Carr (a nephew) described him as "a philanthropist without stint, a soldier without fear, a churchman without apology, a citizen without self-interest, a leader without tyranny, a follower humble enough to follow good leaders." He added that "he contributed liberally of his wealth to churches, schools, and universities, including the stately Methodist church on Chapel Hill Street, and
1710-610: The school from its rural setting in Randolph County, North Carolina to Durham . The move was made possible by Carr's gift of 62 acres (250,000 m ) of land for the site. Carr was noted in Volume VI of The History of Woman Suffrage for his encouragement of the formation of the Equal Suffrage League of North Carolina: "At this time, when it was far from popular to stand for this cause, Judge Walter Clark , Chief Justice of
1755-531: The south which prevented him from passing the two-thirds requirement. In past conventions, once a candidate received a majority of the votes, it would start a bandwagon rolling to the nomination. Clark's chances were hurt when Tammany Hall , the powerful and corrupt Democratic political machine in New York City, threw its support behind him. This was the move that gave Clark a majority on the ninth ballot, but instead of propelling Clark's bandwagon towards victory,
1800-496: The state's wealthiest individuals, engaging in successful textile, banking (Durham's First National Bank), railroad, public utility (Electric Lighting Company), and newspaper endeavors. In 1909, Carr purchased the Alberta Cotton Mill from Thomas F. Lloyd in what was then called West End, North Carolina, by Chapel Hill . In 1913, after agreeing to extend electricity to the town, it was named Carrboro in honor of him. In
1845-569: Was active in Sun Yat-Sen's attempts to establish a modern republic in China. Though it is largely forgotten today, Carr was a major financial backer of the Chinese Revolution . He married Nannie Graham Parrish, daughter of Colonel D.C. Parrish, in 1873. They had four sons and two daughters. Their main residence, Somerset Villa , was "an ornament to Durham". The Carrs owned a secondary residence,
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1890-418: Was an American industrialist, philanthropist , and white supremacist . He is the namesake of the town of Carrboro, North Carolina . Carr was the son of Chapel Hill merchant John Wesley Carr and Eliza P. Carr (née Eliza Pannell Bullock). Carr was from a prominent North Carolinian planting family and was a cousin of Governor Elias Carr and of Mary Hilliard Hinton . His father owned slaves. He entered
1935-586: Was an unsuccessful candidate in the 1900 Democratic primary for senator, running on a platform of white supremacy. Carr was the largest single donor to the Silent Sam monument to Confederate alumni on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. At its dedication in 1913, Carr addressed the crowd, urging vigorous support for white supremacy . He bragged of an incident when he was 19 years old, "less than ninety days perhaps after my return from Appomattox", in which he performed
1980-658: Was on the verge of having a concession speech read for him at the convention freeing his delegates to vote for someone else. After receiving the support of Bryan, Sullivan, and Taggart, Wilson gradually gained in strength while Clark's support dwindled. Wilson received the presidential nomination on the 46th ballot. The 46 ballots were the most cast at a convention since 1860. Clark and Bryan were both proposed as vice presidential nominees, but both declined, with Clark preferring to remain as Speaker and Bryan fearful of overshadowing Wilson. Bryan instead proposed Oregon Senator George E. Chamberlain and North Dakota Governor John Burke ,
2025-492: Was regarded as a moderate reformer. Additionally Illinois Democratic Boss, Roger Charles Sullivan and Indiana Democratic Boss Thomas Taggart made a deal with a member of Wilson's campaign. In exchange for having Thomas R. Marshall be Wilsons running mate, Illinois and Indiana would put their support behind Wilson. Before these events, Wilson had consistently finished second to Clark on each ballot, Ironically, Wilson had nearly given up hope that he could be nominated, and he
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