The Welcome Voice
of an Unwelcome Change
All Things
Considered,
October 12,
2006 · Ira Harkey was the
owner, publisher and editor of
The Chronicle Star in
Pascagoula, Miss., during the
Civil Rights Era. He made a name
for himself by taking the side
of equal justice for blacks in
the Jim Crow South. Harkey died
Sunday at 88. He won the
Pulitzer Prize in 1963 for his
editorials supporting school
integration. Michele Norris
talks with Harkey's eldest son,
Ira Harkey III, who is also a
journalist.
