well, that's david zucchino. he's going to be the star here. he had long dark hair. over his shoulders thick jet black mustache it was a long time ago. david is a grad of the unc journalism school and a member now the journalism hall of fame. in raleigh, he became famous. very quickly in the newsroom when a new young editor came in and sent out a memo to the reporting staff. saying each reporter will submit to his editor every morning and itinerary. for his plans for the day. david even then. impossible to tame sat down at the old manual typewriter. it's a legendary story many of the people. who were there remember it. said what i will do today. by david zucchino 10 15 try to sneak in a little late. 1040 get a sun drop. 11 start talking about where to go to lunch. he's writing all this down. we went to poole's diner yesterday, but the blue plate special went over four dollars. so today we may go to the mecca. all written down young editor goes crazy goes into the office of claude sitting the very severe serious editor who'd been to new york times. waving the memo wav

posthumously be made a five-star general the grant monument association provided this video in one hour david zucchino discusses his 2021 pulitzer prize-winning book wilmington's lie the murderous coup of 1898 and the rise of white supremacy. in two hours on lectures in history northeastern university professor william fowler teaches a class about early atlantic exploration christopher columbus and the discovery of the caribbean and the americas by europeans. good evening. on behalf of the grant monument association, welcome to this special online program to mark president. ulysses' s. grant's 199th birthday. by way of introduction the grant monument association or gma is a nonprofit that was organized during the 1990s as the successor to the organization of the same name that originally built an administered grants tomb in new york city until it was transferred to the national park service. the gma is dedicated to the preservation of grants tomb wh

and reconstruction every saturday at 6 pm eastern only on american history tv here on c-span 3 david zucchino won the 2021 pulitzer prize in general nonfiction for his book wilmington's lie the murderous coup of 1898 and the rise of white supremacy in this program recorded in 2020. he details how more than 2,000 white supremacists rioted through wilmington, north carolina on november 10th 1898 resulting in the deaths of 60 black men and the displacement of hundreds of african-american families. good evening. i welcome to quail ridge books. it is my honor to introduce to you jim jenkins who was an editor editorial writer and columnist on the editorial page of the news and observer for 31 years. he will introduce our special guest. please me welcome jim jenkins