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






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


3. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax






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






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






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






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






8. Killed Emmett Till






9. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






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






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






12. 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






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






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






15. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






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






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






18. Author of comon sense - American Revolution






19. 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






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






21. Susan B. Anthony's partner - started The Revolution/NWSA






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






23. 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






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






25. 9/11 reporter - jumped on the bandwagon






26. 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






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






28. Susan B. Anthony's partner - started The Revolution/NWSA






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Discriminated against Jews in Dearborn Independent - 'The International Jew: The World's Foremost Problem'






37. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment






38. 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






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






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






41. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment






42. Discriminated against Jews in Dearborn Independent - 'The International Jew: The World's Foremost Problem'






43. Author of comon sense - American Revolution






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






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






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






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






48. Killed Emmett Till






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






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