Gary G. Yerkey
Gary G. Yerkey, born in Chicago, is an American author and journalist currently based in Washington, D.C., contributing to The Christian Science Monitor and other publications.[1][2][3]
Career
A graduate of Ripon College with B.A. in Philosophy, he later undertook post-graduate work at the American University of Beirut and spent more than a decade in Europe and the Middle East, reporting for TIME-LIFE, ABC News, The Christian Science Monitor, the International Herald Tribune and other U.S. news organizations.
Awards
In 2015, he was among those who received the Congressional Gold Medal -- the nation's highest civilian award -- for participating in the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights March, led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.[4]
Works
- Still Time to Live: A Biography of Jack Belden, ISBN 0615458882
- South to Selma: 'Outside Agitators' and the Civil Rights March that Changed America, ISBN 1484868951
- Dying for the News: Honoring Tom Treanor and the Other Reporters Killed Covering World War II, ISBN 1517205174
- He's Coming to Start Riots: On the Road to Black Power With 'The Reverend' Willie Ricks, ISBN 1530507561
References
- ↑ "Gary G. Yerkey - The Christian Century". The Christian Century.
- ↑ "Gary G. Yerkey ’66 publishes new non-fiction book".
- ↑ http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/2015/1112/T.Mac-Howard-opened-a-school-for-disadvantaged-youths-in-a-small-Southern-city
- ↑ "Congressional Gold Medal presented to 1965 ‘foot soldiers,’ including four representatives of Ripon College".
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