Ted Poston (1906-1974)

ID: 3902 ~ Source: Lanum, M. (2011, June 03). Ted Poston (1906-1974). BlackPast.org. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/poston-ted-1906-1974/; Kathleen A. Hauke, Ted Poston: Pioneer American Journalist (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1998); Kathleen A. Hauke, A First Draft of History: Ted Poston (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2000); http://reportingcivilrights.loa.org.

This file appears in: Ted Poston: "Dean of Black Journalists"

This file appears in: Ted Poston: "Dean of Black Journalists"

Ted Poston: "Dean of Black Journalists"

By Amanda Higgins

Ted Poston, the subject of historical marker #2518, in Hopkinsville, was the “Dean of Black Journalists.” For 36 years, from 1936 until his retirement in 1972, Mr. Poston wrote for the New York Post…