Few people know about the strong bond between North Carolina’s long-serving U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms and Russian novelist and communist critic Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
Stella Snyder hopes to shed light on their friendship and working relationship in a new paper, Champions of Freedom, written for the N.C. History Project. Snyder also discussed key themes from her research today during a joint NCHP/Jesse Helms Center Lecture in Raleigh.
In the video clip below, Snyder discusses the continuing importance of Helms’ and Solzhenitsyn’s consistent anti-communist message.
3:40 p.m. update: Click play below to watch the full 44:52 presentation.
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