Jack R. Thornell
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Jack Randolph Thornell (born August 29, 1939) is an American photographer. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his photo of James Meredith after the activist was wounded by a sniper during his June 1966 March Against Fear in Mississippi.[1]
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Life
Thornell was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi. He served in the Army Signal Corps. He worked as a photographer for the Jackson Daily News (1960–1964), and for decades for the Associated Press.[2]
He married Carolyn Wilson in 1964; they had children Candice and Jay Randolph.[2]
Awards
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Photography". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- "James Meredith", Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement, 1966–1968, photos, Seattle Times, 2008
- "Sketches of Winners of Pulitzer Prize Winners", The New York Times
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