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Simeon Saunders Booker Jr. (August 27, 1918 – December 10, 2017) was an African-American journalist whose work appeared in leading news publications for more than 50 years. He was known for his journalistic works during the civil rights movement and for his coverage of the 1955 murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till.
Aug 1, 2007 · Magazine and newspaper reporter Simeon Saunders Booker, Jr. was born on August 27, 1918, in Baltimore, Maryland to Roberta Waring and Simeon Saunders Booker, Sr., a YMCA director and minister.
Dec 11, 2017 · Simeon Saunders Booker, Jr., risked his life to cover the civil rights movement in the 1950s and '60s for Jet and Ebony magazines. He was the first black reporter hired by The Washington...
Dec 23, 2018 · Simeon Saunders Booker Jr.’s innovative career in journalism transformed how African American readers engaged with news coverage of politics and social injustices. As the first African American reporter for the Washington Post, he provided insight into the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.
Dec 10, 2017 · His murder in 1955 — punishment for the transgression of whistling at or otherwise offending a white woman — became the most infamous of the thousands of lynchings visited upon African ...
- Emily Langer
Simeon Saunders Booker, Jr. was a famous Civil Rights era reporter and journalist and first Black reporter for the Washington Post.
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Simeon Booker, the only journalist involved in the protest, joined the racially mixed groups, who met mob violence all along the way. When the riders reached Annison, Alabama, mobs firebombed one bus and threatened the one that carried Booker.
