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Staff: Jim Lehrer, 1958 - 1960

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 1

Sub-Series Description

From the Sub-Series:

This material documents Compton’s news career at the Dallas Morning News prior to the creation of the Focus section of the paper. Of interest in this series are interview notes of Compton and gubernatorial candidate W. Lee O’Daniel; staff information regarding Jim Lehrer, a reporter for the Dallas Morning News from 1958-1960 and the inner-workings of the Dallas Morning News. In particular, this subseries contains information regarding the Civil Rights movements and the changes made in language with regard to African-Americans. It also illustrates how newspaper reporters made changes in how reporting was done when an African-American was the subject, especially regarding reporting of crimes.

Dates

  • 1958 - 1960

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 28 boxes

From the Collection: 16 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English