Pulitzer Prize-winning Civil Rights Columnist Dies

 ========= Old Image Removed =========Array
(
    [_wp_attached_file] => Array
        (
            [0] => 2012/08/NPR.jpg
        )

    [_wp_attachment_metadata] => Array
        (
            [0] => a:5:{s:5:"width";i:500;s:6:"height";i:378;s:4:"file";s:15:"2012/08/NPR.jpg";s:5:"sizes";a:6:{s:6:"medium";a:4:{s:4:"file";s:15:"NPR-336x254.jpg";s:5:"width";i:336;s:6:"height";i:254;s:9:"mime-type";s:10:"image/jpeg";}s:9:"thumbnail";a:4:{s:4:"file";s:15:"NPR-140x140.jpg";s:5:"width";i:140;s:6:"height";i:140;s:9:"mime-type";s:10:"image/jpeg";}s:9:"wbhm-icon";a:4:{s:4:"file";s:13:"NPR-80x80.jpg";s:5:"width";i:80;s:6:"height";i:80;s:9:"mime-type";s:10:"image/jpeg";}s:18:"wbhm-featured-home";a:4:{s:4:"file";s:15:"NPR-411x311.jpg";s:5:"width";i:411;s:6:"height";i:311;s:9:"mime-type";s:10:"image/jpeg";}s:22:"wbhm-featured-carousel";a:4:{s:4:"file";s:15:"NPR-351x265.jpg";s:5:"width";i:351;s:6:"height";i:265;s:9:"mime-type";s:10:"image/jpeg";}s:14:"post-thumbnail";a:4:{s:4:"file";s:15:"NPR-125x125.jpg";s:5:"width";i:125;s:6:"height";i:125;s:9:"mime-type";s:10:"image/jpeg";}}s:10:"image_meta";a:12:{s:8:"aperture";s:1:"0";s:6:"credit";s:0:"";s:6:"camera";s:0:"";s:7:"caption";s:0:"";s:17:"created_timestamp";s:1:"0";s:9:"copyright";s:0:"";s:12:"focal_length";s:1:"0";s:3:"iso";s:1:"0";s:13:"shutter_speed";s:1:"0";s:5:"title";s:0:"";s:11:"orientation";s:1:"0";s:8:"keywords";a:0:{}}}
        )

    [_imagify_optimization_level] => Array
        (
            [0] => 1
        )

    [_imagify_data] => Array
        (
            [0] => a:2:{s:5:"stats";a:3:{s:13:"original_size";i:246112;s:14:"optimized_size";i:137484;s:7:"percent";d:44.140000000000001;}s:5:"sizes";a:9:{s:4:"full";a:5:{s:7:"success";b:1;s:8:"file_url";s:43:"https://news.wbhm.org/media/2012/08/NPR.jpg";s:13:"original_size";i:116656;s:14:"optimized_size";i:57793;s:7:"percent";d:50.460000000000001;}s:9:"thumbnail";a:5:{s:7:"success";b:1;s:8:"file_url";s:51:"https://news.wbhm.org/media/2012/08/NPR-140x140.jpg";s:13:"original_size";i:4989;s:14:"optimized_size";i:3335;s:7:"percent";d:33.149999999999999;}s:6:"medium";a:5:{s:7:"success";b:1;s:8:"file_url";s:51:"https://news.wbhm.org/media/2012/08/NPR-336x254.jpg";s:13:"original_size";i:16227;s:14:"optimized_size";i:9635;s:7:"percent";d:40.619999999999997;}s:9:"wbhm-icon";a:5:{s:7:"success";b:1;s:8:"file_url";s:49:"https://news.wbhm.org/media/2012/08/NPR-80x80.jpg";s:13:"original_size";i:2325;s:14:"optimized_size";i:1740;s:7:"percent";d:25.16;}s:13:"wbhm-featured";a:5:{s:7:"success";b:1;s:8:"file_url";s:51:"https://news.wbhm.org/media/2012/08/NPR-500x338.jpg";s:13:"original_size";i:41299;s:14:"optimized_size";i:27152;s:7:"percent";d:34.259999999999998;}s:20:"wbhm-featured-square";a:5:{s:7:"success";b:1;s:8:"file_url";s:51:"https://news.wbhm.org/media/2012/08/NPR-300x300.jpg";s:13:"original_size";i:18243;s:14:"optimized_size";i:10807;s:7:"percent";d:40.759999999999998;}s:18:"wbhm-featured-home";a:5:{s:7:"success";b:1;s:8:"file_url";s:51:"https://news.wbhm.org/media/2012/08/NPR-411x311.jpg";s:13:"original_size";i:24383;s:14:"optimized_size";i:13766;s:7:"percent";d:43.539999999999999;}s:22:"wbhm-featured-carousel";a:5:{s:7:"success";b:1;s:8:"file_url";s:51:"https://news.wbhm.org/media/2012/08/NPR-351x265.jpg";s:13:"original_size";i:17941;s:14:"optimized_size";i:10557;s:7:"percent";d:41.159999999999997;}s:14:"post-thumbnail";a:5:{s:7:"success";b:1;s:8:"file_url";s:51:"https://news.wbhm.org/media/2012/08/NPR-125x125.jpg";s:13:"original_size";i:4049;s:14:"optimized_size";i:2699;s:7:"percent";d:33.340000000000003;}}}
        )

    [_imagify_status] => Array
        (
            [0] => success
        )

)
1616998206 
1358121600

Patterson One of America’s Most Highly Regarded Journalists

 

Newspaper editor and columnist Eugene Patterson, who helped fellow Southern whites understand the civil rights movement, has died of complications from cancer. A family spokesman says he died Saturday night, surrounded by family and friends at his Florida home. Patterson was 89.

Patterson’s famous column about the 1963 bombing of Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church was considered so moving that Walter Cronkite asked him to read it nationally on the “CBS Evening News.” Here’s a link to the full column: Flower for the Graves.

Patterson was editor of the Atlanta Journal (now the Atlanta Journal-Constitution) when he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1967 for editorial writing. He also served as the managing editor of The Washington Post before coming the St. Petersburg Times (now the Tampa Bay Times) in 1972. Under his leadership, the Times won two Pulitzer Prizes and became known as one of the top newspapers in the country.

Listen to NPR’s remembrance of Patterson.

 

BSC’s Daniel Coleman talks about his years-long effort to save the school and what happens next.

After the news that Birmingham-Southern College is closing, we sat down with the school’s president, Daniel Coleman.

IVF could help her start the family she wants. Will Alabama’s personhood law derail it?

Despite a law meant to protect IVF in Alabama, patients and advocates worry the protections won’t hold — and warn of future attacks on reproductive rights.

Struggling Birmingham-Southern College says it will close at end of May

The College Board of Trustees voted unanimously to close the longtime institution, officials announced in a news release. The announcement came after legislation, aimed at securing a taxpayer-backed loan for the 168-year-old private college, had recently stalled in the Alabama Statehouse.

What happens when a rural hospital shuts its doors? Look to Pickens County

Residents in the west Alabama county warn that the lack of emergency care can have deadly consequences. It's a fate that could befall a growing number of rural communities.

Q&A: A bad deal made Jackson’s water problems worse. It wasn’t the only Mississippi city harmed

Reporter Sarah Fowler talks about her investigation that found at least eight Mississippi cities were harmed by deals over faulty smart water meters.

What issues are driving you to the polls this year?

What issues are top of mind as you head to the polls this year? What do you want the candidates to be talking about?

More Government Coverage