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1. Killed Emmett Till






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






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


4. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax






5. 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






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






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






8. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment






9. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






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






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






19. Killed Emmett Till






20. 9/11 reporter - jumped on the bandwagon






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






22. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax






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






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






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






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






27. Author of comon sense - American Revolution






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






41. Author of comon sense - American Revolution






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






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






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






45. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






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






47. 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






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






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






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