Who was the only reporter present when the visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement was assassinated?
Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr., January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using the tactics of nonviolence and civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs and inspired by the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi.
Ollie Stewart Ollie Stewart (May 18, 1906 – 1977) was one of many black journalists credentialed by the War Department to report of the war in Africa and Europe during World War II. He was the first black journalist to be credentialed by the War Department. Reporting from overseas he wrote hundreds of personal accounts of his observations of the war through the eyes of the black soldier. He wrote for the African American, the largest black newspaper in America.