Thomas Sancton, pioneering journalist, dies at age 97
Thomas Sancton, a Southern journalist who was praised and condemned for his civil rights reporting in the 1940s and went on to become a teacher and novelist, died Friday, April 6. Sancton — a 1942 Nieman Fellow — was 97.
April 9, 2012
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Thomas Sancton, a Southern journalist who was praised and condemned for his civil rights reporting in the 1940s and went on to become a teacher and novelist, died Friday, April 6. Sancton — a 1942 Nieman Fellow — was 97.