Civil Rights
Covering MLK: Former AP reporter’s memoir looks at taking the beat no one wanted, at least at first
Kathryn Johnson, now 88, was new to the Associated Press when the civil rights movement…
January 11, 2016
The Journalist and the Activist: the legacies of Julian Bond and Gene Patterson
Julian Bond of the Georgia state legislature and civil rights leader is seen in 1968.…
August 18, 2015
Why you should know the work of Claude Sitton – reporter
Claude SittonI noted with sadness the death of a great American journalist, Claude Sitton, who…
March 11, 2015
Images and newspapers from the civil rights movement are now on display at the Newseum
The Newseum On Friday, the Newseum opened a new exhibit, "1965: Civil Rights at 50."…
January 16, 2015
How the Southern press foiled FBI’s attempt to smear MLK
Is it possible that we have to thank the white Southern press of the 1960s…
November 25, 2014