Lenoir Chambers
Lenoir Chambers (* 1891 ; † 1970 ) was an American writer , journalist and editor .
Live and act
Chambers served in the 52nd Infantry (6th Division) during World War I and was a member of the American Expeditionary Force .
After the end of the war, Chambers returned to his homeland. First he wrote as a freelancer for various newspapers and magazines. He later got a permanent job with the newspaper The Virginian Pilot ( Norfolk , Virginia ). At the beginning of 1960 Chambers acted as the responsible editor of this newspaper and directed it for some time.
Honors
- 1960 Pulitzer Prize for a series of editorial articles on racial segregation
- 1991 inducted into the North Carolina Journalism Hall of Fame
Fonts (selection)
- Stonewall Jackson . Broadfoot Publ., Wilmington, NC 1988 (2 vols., Unaltered reprint of the New York 1959 edition).
- The legend and the man .
- Seven days I to the last march .
- Salt water and printer's ink. Norfolk and its newspapers . University Press, Chapel Hill 1967 (with Joseph E. Shank).
literature
- Alexander Leidholdt: Standing before the shouting mob. Lenoir Chambers and Virginia's massive resistance to Public School Integration . University Press, Tuscaloosa Ala. 1997, ISBN 0-8173-0858-X .
Individual evidence
- ↑ this newspaper operates today (2012) under the name Landmark Communications .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chambers, Lenoir |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer, journalist and editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1891 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1970 |