biography
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Rowan, Carl (Thomas)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1925–2000)
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| biography:
| Journalist, born in Ravenscroft, Tennessee, USA. One of the most prominent contemporary black journalists, he was a prizewinning reporter for the Minneapolis Tribune (1950–61), and later (from 1965) became a nationally syndicated columnist, as well as a radio commentator and a panelist (1967–96) on the weekly television show Inside Washington. He also served as ambassador to Finland (1963–4) and as director of the US Information Agency (1964–5). |
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