Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1911, Aug. 14 | Born, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1928-circa 1931 | Attended Crane Junior College, Chicago, Ill. and Garrett Institute, Evanston, Ill. |
| 1939-1947 | Library assistant, Chicago Public Library, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1940-1942 | Attended Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1948-1951 | Director, United States Army service club, quartermaster depot, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1951-1978 | Associate editor and reporter, Sengstacke Newspapers |
| 1953-1973 | Washington correspondent, Sengstacke Newspapers |
| 1955 | Covered Asian-African Conference, Bandung, Indonesia |
| 1957 | Accompanied Vice President Richard Nixon to independence ceremonies, Accra, Ghana |
| 1957-1989 | Wrote syndicated columns "So This Is Washington," "From Where I Sit," and "Behind the Scenes" |
| 1966-1967 | Reported on Afro-American soldiers in Vietnam |
| 1969 | Covered civil war in Nigeria |
| 1972-1982 | Commentator, "Spectrum," CBS Radio Network |
| 1976 | Accompanied Secretary of State Henry Kissinger tour of Africa |
| 1979 | Published America's Black Colleges: Roots, Rewards, Renewals. Washington, D.C.: Delta Sigma Theta |
| 1981 | Writer-in-residence, Jackson State University, Jackson, Miss. |
| 1982 | Visited and reported on refugee camps in Somalia, Sudan, Zambia, and Zimbawe for AfriCare |
| 1982-1983 | Visiting professor, Ida B. Wells Distinguished Journalism Chair, Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. |
| 1985-1991 | Board of directors, Africare |
| 1991, May 28 | Died, Washington, D.C. |