This is when the northern press started looking at the dehumanization of African Americans in the South.
Merely writing about him was unusual, but writing a profile, as if he were a human being, was groundbreaking.
There was ample opportunity for him to signal that to the editor. It was a total absence of communication by the reporter.
Don did great work for this paper for many years. We'll miss him.
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