Chuck Stone
Chuck Stone (born c. 1930) is an American newspaper editor, columnist, and professor of journalism. In the 1940s, he was the first African-American undergraduate in several decades at Wesleyan University, graduating in the class of 1948. He was the first president of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ, 1975-1977). According to his brief biography on the NABJ site, "Because of his reputation for integrity, he became a trusted middleman between Philadelphia police and murder suspects, more than 75 of whom "surrendered" to Stone rather than to the cops." [1]
Born in Hartford, Connecticut.
As an editor at Harlem's New York Age, the Washington, D.C. Afro-American and the Chicago Daily Defender he was strongly associated with the Civil Rights and and Black Power movements; he also served three years as a special assistant and speechwriter for Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. when that Harlem, New York City congressman was chairing the House Education and Labor Committee; he was later (1972-1991) a columnist for The Philadelphia Daily News.
He taught journalism at the University of Delaware for several years [2]; since 1991 he has been Walter Spearman Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
In August 2004, the NABJ inducted him into their Hall of Fame.
Books by Stone
- Tell It Like It Is
- Back Political Power in America
- King Strut (novel)
Book about Stone
- Dennis Jackson, Chuck Stone: Man in the Middle: A Story of 'Audacious Black Power' in the Newsroom
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