- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Ralph McGill
- Date of Original:
- 1898/1969
- Subject:
- Newspaper editors--Georgia--Atlanta
Newspaper publishing--Georgia--Atlanta
Men--Georgia--Atlanta
Editors--Georgia--Atlanta
Journalists--Georgia--Atlanta
McGill, Ralph, 1898-1969 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Journalist Ralph McGill won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing in 1959. As editor and publisher of the Atlanta Constitution, McGill broke the code of silence on the subject of segregation.
Photograph of Ralph McGill, who was a long-time editor and publisher of the Atlanta Constitution. He sits in a desk and holds a sheet of paper in his hands. He looks into the camera.
McGill was a leading voice for racial and ethnic tolerance in the South from the 1940s through the 1960s. As an influential daily columnist, he broke the code of silence on the subject of segregation. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/ralph-mcgill-1898-1969/m-2843/
- Rights Holder:
- Reprinted with permission from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/ralph-mcgill-1898-1969
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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