Jack Randolph Thornell (born August 29, 1939) is an American photographer. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his photo of James Meredith after the activist was attacked and wounded by a sniper during his June 1966 March Against Fear in Mississippi.[1]
Jack R. Thornell | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jack Randolph Thornell August 29, 1939 Vicksburg, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Occupation | Photographer |
| Spouse |
Carolyn Wilson (m. 1964) |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize for Photography (1967) |
Life
editThornell was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi. He served in the Army Signal Corps. He worked as a photographer for the Jackson Daily News (1960–1964), and for decades for the Associated Press.[2]
He married Carolyn Wilson in 1964; they had children Candice and Jay Randolph.[2]
Awards
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Photography". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
- ^ a b Elizabeth A. Brennan; Elizabeth C. Clarage, eds. (1999). Who's who of Pulitzer Prize winners. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-57356-111-2.
External links
edit- "James Meredith", Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement, 1966–1968, photos, Seattle Times, 2008
- "Sketches of Winners of Pulitzer Prize Winners", The New York Times
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