<prompt> Asi sezvo sarudzo dzegovernor dza1960 dzakaswedera pedyo, Lake akatanga kuzivisa kuti aisazova mukwikwidzi wegovernor nokuda kwokushayikwa kwemari. Kupinda kwaGweta-mukuru wenyika ane mwero, Malcolm Seawell munhangemutange, pamwe chete nokuvamba kwokuratidzira kwezvokudya zvamasikati muGreensboro  <response>: Lake akaita kuti achinje pfungwa dzake, uye akazivisa kukwikwidza kwake nokuda kwehofisi yacho. Mune chimwe chiziviso, akanyora kuti: Kuvhengana kwamarudzi edu makuru maviri mukirasi uye ipapo mumusha hakudzivisiki uye hakufaniri kushivirirwa. Lake akaita kuti kupatsanura vanhu kuve nyaya huru mumushandirapamwe wake, achirwisa manejimendi aHodges ekubatanidza uye NAACP. NaRobert Burren Morgan achishanda saManeja wake weKushambadzira, Lake akaita zvakanaka zvakakwana kuti ave wechipiri muDemocratic primary kuna Terry Sanford, asi musarudzo yakatevera, Sanford akakunda Lake nemusiyano wemavhoti zviuru makumi mashanu. 