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Moses J. Newson
Born (1927-02-05) February 5, 1927 (age 97)
Fruitland Park, Florida
EducationLincoln University
OccupationJournalist
Years active1952–1998
EmployerTri-State Defender & Baltimore Afro-American newspapers
Awards2014 NABJ Hall of Fame Honoree, 2008 Hall of Fame Maryland-Delaware-District of Columbia Press Association

Moses J. Newson (born February 5, 1927) is an American journalist for the

Civil Rights Movement.[1][2][3]

Personal

Moses Newson was born in 1927 in Fruitland Park, Florida. After attending high school in Florida, he enlisted in the United States Navy from 1945 to 1947, which made him eligible for the G.I. Bill to attend college. After his time in the Navy, he attended college at Lincoln University (Missouri), where he earned a bachelor's degree in journalism.[3][4]

Career

Newson started his first job as a reporter in 1952 for the

Sportswriter Sam Lacy to help him write his autobiography Fighting for Fairness, in which Lacy recounts his career of bringing dramatic change to the sports world by helping break racial barriers. His columns are filled with on-the-scene accounts and insider stories of not only traveling/living with the teams, but fighting with and for them as well.[9]

Notable works of journalism

desegregation in Hoxie, Arkansas and Clinton, Tennessee.[7][3]

His first assignment at the Baltimore Afro-American took him to

Poor People's March in Washington, D.C.[5][11]

Context

During some of the most turbulent times in American history, especially during the

bigotry, Newson risked his life to provide accurate insight from the frontlines of the fight for equality.[12]

Impact

Moses Newson witnessed and reported on some of the most important times in United States history, especially when it came to the Civil Rights Movement and the fight for equality for African Americans. He along with so many other African American journalists risked their lives to make sure the public knew the true nature of what was going on throughout the United States.[13]

Writings

Awards

  • NABJ Hall of Fame (2014)[8]
  • 2008 Hall of Fame Maryland-Delaware-District of Columbia Press Association (2008)[3][14]
  • Named 1 of 50 jurors appointed for the Pulitzer Prize awards in journalism[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Award-winning journalist talks about old and new struggles".
  2. ^ Haygood, Wil (November 26, 2006). "Story Of Their Lives". The Washington Post.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "AFRO Legend Moses Newson Reflects on 90 Years – Afro". February 2, 2017.
  4. ^ a b c "Journalist Moses J. Newson talks about his "storied" career".
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Investigating Power". Investigating Power.
  6. ^ a b "Reporter who witnessed Lewis beating calls Trump tweet 'beyond the pale'".
  7. ^ a b c d simeon, booker; (u.s.), civil rights history project; joseph, mosnier; j., newson, moses. "Simeon Booker and Moses James Newson oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Washington, D.C., 2011-07-13". Library of Congress.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ a b "Past Hall of Fame Honorees – National Association of Black Journalists". nabj.org.
  9. ^ "Sam Lacy: without fear or fatigue".
  10. ^ "Emmett Till Q&A – American Experience". PBS.
  11. ^ Robinson, Lisa (February 22, 2017). "Reporter looks back on interviews with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr".
  12. ^ "50 Years Later: A Veteran Newsman on Covering the Civil Rights Struggle".
  13. ^ "Braving the segregated South to get the story".
  14. ^ "MDDC Press Association". mddcpress.com.
  15. ^ "Jurors for the Pulitzer Prizes Named". The New York Times. January 2, 1976.

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