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Media History And Culture People

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1. Killed Emmett Till






2. Author of comon sense - American Revolution






3. Alabama Governor during the Selma March - led to Voting Act of 1965






4. CBS radio - Catholic priest who spoke against the KKK - admired Hitler-hated the Jews - wider range of audience






5. Wrote McClure's Standard oil and the tactics they used






6. Wrote satire against imperialism and the colonization of the Philippines






7. Covered Watergate - worked for The Washington Post - edgy - dropout - didn't go to college - chased down sources in New Mexico






8. African American journalist who wrote about lynching - scared for her life






9. Watergate - partner to Bernstein - went to college - professional






10. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






11. Spanish American War - Yellow Journalism - Harper's Weekly






12. American Women's Suffrage Association - Conservative - women's rights - Women's journal






13. Abolitionist who wrote for The Liberator - was a voice for the women's suffrage movement - discovered Frederick Douglass - wrote for the North Star






14. Wrote The Alarm - was in an interracial marriage - led the International Working People's Association. He was convicted for the bomb attack on city police known as the Haymarket Affair or Haymarket Riots - Anarchist






15. Journal of Occurences (first wire newspaper) - American Revolution - Spanish American War






16. Started the New York Journal - Journalism of Action - yellow journalism






17. Suffragist - founder of the newspaper-The Revolution - partner was Elizabeth Cady Stanton - Seneca Falls convention - Part of the National Woman Suffrage Association






18. New York World - Investigative Journalism - Tammany Hall - Yellow Journalism






19. Killed Emmett Till






20. Deep throat - provided Bernstein and Woodward with information - FBI agent






21. American Women's Suffrage Association - Conservative - women's rights - Women's journal






22. Exposed My Lai and its cover up - won Pullitzer Prize






23. Wrote McClure's Standard oil and the tactics they used






24. Former slave - captivating and articulate speaker - editor of his own paper - had a book 'The Narrative life of Frederick Douglass -' was discovered by William Lloyd Garrison in 1841 - who then asked Douglass to speak at an anti-slavery convention. A






25. Spanish American War - Yellow Journalism - Harper's Weekly






26. Radio journalist - CBS partner with Fred Friendly and made 'Hear it Now' and 'see it now' covered racial integration and the Korean war - combated anti-communism - did a report on Joseph McCarthy






27. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax






28. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment






29. New York World - Investigative Journalism - Tammany Hall - Yellow Journalism






30. Anti-communism - republican - 'list' of communists in the House and Senate






31. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax






32. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






33. Wrote satire against imperialism and the colonization of the Philippines






34. Wrote The Alarm - was in an interracial marriage - led the International Working People's Association. He was convicted for the bomb attack on city police known as the Haymarket Affair or Haymarket Riots - Anarchist






35. Tammany Hall - Nast - got the Irish vote - rigged election - center of conspiracy - Governor of New York - Democrat

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36. Founder of PR - Sigmund Freud's nephew - used psychology in his work - Torches of Freedom






37. Killed Emmett Till with L.W. Milam - confessed in an interview with 'Look' Magazine






38. Studied in a mental instituion - wrote for The New York World under Pullitzer






39. Created the concept of objectivity -third person - no sides - less personal - New York Times






40. Published 'Pentagon Papers' to the New York Times - RAND corporation






41. Racist - hated the Irish - yellow journalism - cartoons - wrote for Harper's Weekly - founder of 'Watchdog journalism' because of his work against Tammany Hall - is considered the father of the American Cartoon






42. African American Chicago boy - brutally murdered in the south - his mother put his body on display after He was killed - open casket






43. Racist - hated the Irish - yellow journalism - cartoons - wrote for Harper's Weekly - founder of 'Watchdog journalism' because of his work against Tammany Hall - is considered the father of the American Cartoon






44. Studied in a mental instituion - wrote for The New York World under Pullitzer






45. Tammany Hall - Nast - got the Irish vote - rigged election - center of conspiracy - Governor of New York - Democrat

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46. Suffragist - founder of the newspaper-The Revolution - partner was Elizabeth Cady Stanton - Seneca Falls convention - Part of the National Woman Suffrage Association






47. Covered Watergate - worked for The Washington Post - edgy - dropout - didn't go to college - chased down sources in New Mexico






48. Former slave - captivating and articulate speaker - editor of his own paper - had a book 'The Narrative life of Frederick Douglass -' was discovered by William Lloyd Garrison in 1841 - who then asked Douglass to speak at an anti-slavery convention. A






49. Started the New York Journal - Journalism of Action - yellow journalism






50. CBS radio - Catholic priest who spoke against the KKK - admired Hitler-hated the Jews - wider range of audience