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In 1982 she was a Pulitzer finalist for her investigation of drug trafficking in north central Florida counties. [5] [7] She became Capital Bureau chief in Tallahassee in 1986 and later worked on special projects and as a columnist. A 2012 All Things Considered profile described Morgan as "an institution in Florida". [8]
[4] [5] [6] Chauncey Bailey, who was the editor at a large circulation African American newspaper, was murdered in 2007 for his investigative reporting. [7] Since the September 11 attacks, terrorism-related deaths involving journalists is another trend. [8] [9] In some cases, journalists have been attacked but survived, such as Victor Riesel. [10]
Born in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1907, Fleming was initially raised by his paternal grandmother, who he believed was a former slave. [6] When she died, he spent several years with his father in Harlem, New York City before heading for Chico, a town in north central California, to join his mother and sister. [14]
That sort of revolutionary spirit will be missed with the passing of George A. Simpson, who died Feb. 20 at the age of 98. Florida’s first Black, board-certified general surgeon and a former ...
Poet and civil rights activist Nikki Giovanni, a prominent figure during the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s and '70s who was dubbed "the Princess of Black Poetry," has died. She was 81. She was 81.
On the evening of February 26, 2012, in Sanford, Florida, United States, George Zimmerman fatally shot Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African-American, who was visiting his father. Zimmerman, a 28-year-old multiracial man who identifies as Hispanic , [ Note 1 ] was a neighborhood watch coordinator for the gated community where Martin was ...
This is a list of African-American activists [1] covering various areas of activism, but primarily focused on those African-Americans who historically and currently have been fighting racism and racial injustice against African-Americans.
David Swerdlick (African-American mother), journalist for the Washington Post; Al Sharpton, host of MSNBC's PoliticsNation; Bernard Shaw, former lead news anchor for CNN; Sara Sidner, journalist, correspondent for CNN [7] Michael Smith, ESPN commentator; Stuart Scott, former sports anchor for ESPN's Sports Center