As executive editor of The Arkansas Gazette, Ashmore (1916–1998) was a leading voice against segregation I remember going over to the President’s house. It … Read more
Troops escort nine black students into Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in September 1957. Associated Press Photo, courtesy of The Associated Press. [This article originally appeared in the April 1948 issue … Read more
[This article originally appeared in the March 1966 issue of Nieman Reports.] I was in Greenville when the age of electronic journalism first came creeping in, and I have always thought that a kind of monument was erected there on … Read more
[This article originally appeared in the September 1960 issue of Nieman Reports.] …I remember going over to the President’s house.… And he said, “You know it’s only three years—you’re the third class [of Niemans]. But I think maybe you people … Read more
