Jack Bass
Journalist, Author, Professor
Charleston, SC
Reporter visits South Carolina State University days before the Orangeburg Massacre
Bass tells of his experience deep in the Civil Rights Movement in South Carolina, from the Orangeburg Massacre to Strom Thurmond.
Video Interview
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Related Links
- More about Jack Bass
- Video of Jack Bass speech: “Let me just tell you what started the shooting.” (The Times and Democrat)
- Jack Bass | A Literary Tour of South Carolina (SCETV)
Biography
Born: Columbia, SC
Newspaper History:
- News and Courier
- The West Ashley Journal
- The Columbia Record
- The State
Honors and Awards:
- South Carolina Journalist of the Year
- American Library Association’s “Notable Books for Adults List” for The Transfomation of Southern Politics
- Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for Taming the Storm
Education:
- University of South Carolina
- Nieman Fellow at Harvard University
- Ph.D. Emory University
Military Service: U.S. Navy
Family: Wife, Nathalie Dupree
Books:
- Strom: The Complicated Personal and Political Life of Strom Thurmond
- Taming the Storm: The Life and Times of Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr. and the South’s Fight over Civil Rights
- The Orangeburg Massacre
- Unlikely Heroes
- The Transformation of Southern Politics
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