William Campbell's leadership style
Grantham briefly describes the leadership style of Will Campbell, a leading figure in the Fellowship of Southern Churchman. Focusing her recollections primarily on the 1950s, Grantham explains that Campbell was a charismatic, "deep thinking" person whose religious orientation appealed to what she dubs "the redneck group." According to Grantham, this fusion of "redneck" mentality and liberal thinking was unique and allowed Campbell to be an effective leader.
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Oral History Interview with Virginia Grantham, March 6, 1985. Interview F-0017. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) in the Southern Oral History Program Collection, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Why
don't we react to Will Campbell? What was Will Campbell
like?
- VIRGINIA GRANTHAM:
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Oh, he is a delightful person, that is what Will is like. Because he is
so, so different from anybody else that you ever met anywhere at any
time.
- DALLAS BLANCHARD:
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In what way?
- VIRGINIA GRANTHAM:
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Well, first is his, you know, in his religious orientation is so
different. And then I think he has got tremendous influence in among the
people that he moves. And you know this commitment I guess you would
call it to what he calls the "redneck" group. You know
where else do you find anybody else like that, with the liberal ideas
connected to it, which makes a lot of paradox.
- DALLAS BLANCHARD:
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It does.
- VIRGINIA GRANTHAM:
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It is fascinating, you know. What is coming next? It's for the
record. And you know he is really a very deep thinking person I have
found.
