Black Journalists Get Punished for Doing Their Jobs

Black journalists get punished for doing their jobs

Don Lemon knew he was going to be arrested.

What the Arrests of Journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort Mean for Black Americans

The arrests of two Black journalists for doing their jobs mark a new chapter of an age-old struggle for democracy, inclusion and unflinching truth that traces back to the pioneering journalism of Ida B. Wells. The post What the Arrests of Journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort Mean for Black Americans appeared first on .

What the Arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort Mean for Black Americans

This article was produced by the nonprofit publication Capital & Main. It is published here with permission. Not to be immodest, but I’ve always felt a certain connection with the trailblazing journalist Ida B. Wells. We were born 100 years apart — 1862 and 1962, at the dawn of the two most intense periods of the Black freedom struggle in American history. Wells grew up in the years following the end of slavery, as activists sought to establish …