Bill Minor
Wilson Floyd "Bill" Minor (born May 17, 1922 in Hammond , Louisiana , † March 28, 2017 in Ridgeland , Madison County , Mississippi ) was an American reporter who lived and worked in Mississippi.
Life
Bill Minor attended high school in Bogalusa and then studied journalism at Tulane University until 1943 . He has worked for "Bogalusa Enterprise" since 1939 and while studying as a part-time reporter for the Times-Picayune in New Orleans and reported on the civil rights movement in the United States of America . During the Second World War he was used in the Pacific on a destroyer of the US Navy and was awarded twelve Battle Stars . After the end of the war, the Times-Picayune joined, where he worked from 1947 to 1976 as a Mississippi correspondent. The magazine had closed its Jackson office so he was the owner, editor, and statistical syndicate columnist for Capitol Reporter from 1976 to 1981 . Minor also taught journalism at the University of Mississippi in 1983 and 1984 . He then lived in Jackson, Mississippi.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sam Roberts: Bill Minor, Journalist Who Was Called Conscience of Mississippi, Dies at 94. In: The New York Times . March 28, 2017, accessed March 30, 2017 .
- ↑ Bart Barnes: Wilson 'Bill' Minor, 'conscience' of Mississippi journalism during civil rights era, dies at 94. In: The Washington Post . Retrieved March 30, 2017 (English).
- ^ Reporting Civil Rights: Reporters and Writers: WF Minor. In: reportingcivilrights.org. Retrieved March 31, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Minor, Bill |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Minor, Wilson Floyd (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 17, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hammond , Louisiana , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 28, 2017 |
| Place of death | Ridgeland , Madison County , Mississippi , United States |