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SUMMARY:Journeys Through Journalism: On Race\, Justice\, & Press Freedom
LOCATION:Large Meeting Room\, Lewes Public Library
URL:https://shoplocaldelmarva.com/events/journeys-through-journalism-on-rac
 e-justice-press-freedom-2026-11-16/
DESCRIPTION:In-Person or Online\nTwo new books\, one about a reporter (In B
 ad Faith: Earl Caldwell and the Fight for a Free Press by Lee Levine) and 
 the other by a reporter (Newsman: The Road from Route 2\, Box 9 by Otis Sa
 ndord)\, address the question of journalism and racial justice.  \nNoted F
 irst Amendment lawyer Lee Levine recounts the 1970 story of New York Times
  national correspondent Earl Caldwell\, one of the first Black reporters h
 ired to cover America's civil-rights flashpoints\, who was ordered to reve
 al what he had learned about the Black Panther Party. Convinced testifying
  would destroy the trust he'd built and silence a vital source of truth\, 
 Caldwell refused—sparking a showdown that reached the Supreme Court. In 
 Bad Faith tells the incredible story of a Black journalist with rare acces
 s\, a mostly white press struggling to cover Black communities\, and a gov
 ernment under J. Edgar Hoover and Richard Nixon running a campaign to infi
 ltrate\, discredit\, and break the Panthers. When United States v. Caldwel
 l came down\, the Justices voted 5–4 against the reporter—a landmark d
 ecision that still imperils press freedom today.\nOtis Sanford details his
  experiences growing up in a large Black family in Mississippi during the 
 turbulent civil rights era\, and the factors that shaped his 50-year caree
 r in journalism as a Newsman. His book's subtitle represents more than the
  mailing address of the farm where Sanford grew up in Panola County. It ma
 rks the place where Sanford's parents settled in the…\n\nhttps://shoploc
 aldelmarva.com/events/journeys-through-journalism-on-race-justice-press-fr
 eedom-2026-11-16/
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