Web Resource Links:

Biographical Conversations With...Jesse Helms
This companion Web site to UNC-TV's 2000 series Biographical Conversations With...Jesse Helms provides an in-depth overview of the former Senator's early years and time in politics, as well as a unique look at his personal and political views. The site also contains an informative timeline and rare photos of Helms's youth, family, and friends.

North Carolina History Project
North Carolina History Project is an edited, evolving, and free online encyclopedia of North Carolina that also includes commentaries, lesson plans, and a community calendar. The NCHP Web site provides comprehensive biographies of many of the state's most important citizens, including former Senator Jesse Helms.

The Jesse Helms Center
The Jesse Helms Center exists to continue the work of former U.S. Senator Jesse Helms by promoting the principles of free enterprise and traditional American values.  The work of the Helms Center involves education, historical preservation, and public policy promotion through a variety of programs for students, scholars, and the general public. 

Books and Videos:

Righteous Warrior: Jesse Helms and the Rise of Modern Conservatism
By William A. Link

The Paradox of Tar Heel Politics:
The Personalities, Elections, and Events That Shaped Modern North Carolina
By Rob Christensen

Here’s Where I Stand
By Jesse Helms

Keep Singing: Two Mothers, Two Sons, and Their Fight Against Jesse Helms
By Patsy Clarke and Eloise Vaughn

Hard Right: The Rise of Jesse Helms
By Ernest Furgurson

Dear Jesse
A Film by Tim Kirkman

Articles (Available Online):

2/8/1981
Thunder From the Right

9/14/1981
To the Right, March!

5/30/1988
Scourge of the Senate

10/28/1990
Pit Bull Politician

May 1995
What You Need to Know About Jesse Helms

1/20/2000
Why U.N. Got an Earful From Jesse Helms

5/29/2000
Senator No

4/22/2001
Why the World is Better for Jesse Helms

4/25/2001
Farewell to a Great Jacksonian

8/29/2001
Jesse Helms: White Racist

8/30/2001
Slandering Jesse Helms

3/24/2002
We Cannot Turn Away

4/1/2002
Jesse Helms--Global AIDS Activist

11/25/2002
Oldest Living Confederate Senator Tells All

6/10/2005
Helms's Long-Held Views on Race Muted in Book

9/7/2005
Whitewash