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August 22, 2016

Legendary Journalist & Civil Rights Activist George Curry Dies at 69
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And George Curry, the legendary columnist, commentator and champion of
African-American journalists, has died at age 69. Curry was born and
grew up in Alabama and began his career as a reporter for Sports
Illustrated and the St. Louis Dispatch. In the 1990s, Curry was the
editor of Emerge, a political and cultural publication with the tagline
"Black America's Newsmagazine." Curry was the first African American to
serve as president of the American Society of Magazine Editors. Curry's
childhood friend Bernard Lafayette, the current chairman of the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference, said, "This is a tragic loss to the
movement because George Curry was a journalist who paid special
attention to civil rights because he lived it and loved it."
Topics:Civil Rights

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