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Vernon Jarrett (June 19, 1918 – May 23, 2004) was an African-American journalist who worked in newspaper, television and radio and was an influential commentator on race relations, politics, and African-American history.〔(Vernon Jarrett, 84; Journalist, Crusader ), ''The Washington Post'', May 25, 2004.〕〔(Vernon Jarrett Biography ), The HistoryMakers website.〕 ==Biography== Jarrett was born in Paris, Tennessee; his parents were schoolteachers.〔 He graduated from Knoxville College in Tennessee.〔 He moved to Chicago in 1946 and began his journalism career at the ''Chicago Defender''.〔 In his first assignment for the ''Defender'', he covered a race riot.〔 He also worked for the ''Associated Negro Press'' during the 1940s.〔 For three years beginning in 1948 he partnered with composer Oscar Brown, Jr. to produce ''Negro Newsfront'', the first daily radio news broadcast in the United States to be created by African Americans.〔 Jarrett was the first African American to be a syndicated columnist for the ''Chicago Tribune'', beginning in 1970.〔 During his years at the ''Tribune'', he also was a host on Chicago's ABC-TV station, WLS, where he produced nearly 2,000 television broadcasts.〔 In 1983, he left the ''Tribune'' for the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' as an op-ed columnist.〔〔 He later became a member of the ''Sun-Times'' editorial board, and retired from the ''Sun-Times'' in 1995.〔 He was one of the founders of the National Association of Black Journalists, serving as the organization's second president.〔 Jarrett died from cancer in Chicago, May 23, 2004.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vernon Jarrett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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