[T]here had been no black in the legislature in this century. I just said it's time for somebody to do it and I believe I can do it.
Henry Frye Carolinian
Source
Oral history interview with Amy E. Boening, February 18 and 26, 1992, Southern Oral History Program (Interview C-0091), UNC-Chapel Hill
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- Oral history interview, Southern Oral History Program
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- 1992
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“there had been no black in the legislature in this century. …” Henry Frye. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-06C1F1FE65. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/06c1f1fe65
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