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Black Journalisms Bright Light

By Salim Muwakkil

Vernon Jarrett, who died on May 23, was a black journalist who covered the African-American story so doggedly he became one of its major characters. That story charts a journey through racial slavery, Jim Crow apartheid and on through the civil rights revolution, the black power movement, the rise of black elected officials and further still. It’s a story with… return to article

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