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James E. Causey

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James E. Causey, a 2008 Nieman Fellow, is an editorial writer, columnist, and blogger for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He currently serves as the president of the Wisconsin Black Media Association.

“A Roller Coaster of Emotions”: James E. Causey, NF ’08, tells a tale of Milwaukee’s decline through the lives of his third-grade classmates

When I set out to find out what happened to everyone in my third-grade class at Milwaukee’s Samuel Clemens Elementary School in 1978, I had no idea how mentally draining…

June 8, 2017