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3 revisions | Greg14 at May 13, 2023 11:21 PM | |
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5unwillingness of the conservative black daily newspaper in Atlanta to support the movement's goals and aims. At the Atlanta Inquirer, I ghostwrote a column for the leader of the Atlanta student movement, wrote a sports column (about which I knew nothing then and know little more now) and covered police and community news. Again the power of the written word was made plain; the Inquirer offered a progressive alternative to the Atlanta World, and the reading public let us know they appreciated it. And the powerful let us know they did not.
I was the Publicity Director - I wrote, mimeographed, folded, stuffed, stamped and mailed press releases, co-wrote our weekly newsletter, the Student Voice, created a radio-actuality feeding system, answered reporter In 1965 I was elected to the Georgia General Assembly, and the written word threw me out. I endorsed a statement by SNCC opposing the war in Vietnam, and after fighting through two subsequent elections and a Supreme Court case to regain my seat, served in the lower and upper houses for the next 20 years. brought me to national attention/__
6 | 5unwillingness of the conservative black daily newspaper in Atlanta to support the movement's goals and aims. At the Atlanta Inquirer, I ghostwrote a column for the leader of the Atlanta student movement, wrote a sports column (about which I knew nothing then and know little more now) and covered police and community news. Again the power of the written word was made plain; the Inquirer offered a progressive alternative to the Atlanta World, and the reading public let us know they appreciated it. And the powerful let us know they did not. |