Jack R. Thornell

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Jack R. Thornell
Born
Jack Randolph Thornell

(1939-08-29) August 29, 1939 (age 86)
Vicksburg, Mississippi, U.S.
OccupationPhotographer
Spouse
Carolyn Wilson
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(m. 1964)​
Children2
Awards Pulitzer Prize for Photography (1967)
Thornell's Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of James Meredith James Meredith wounded.jpg
Thornell's Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of James Meredith

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]

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Life

Thornell 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

References

  1. 1 2 "Photography". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
  2. 1 2 Elizabeth A. Brennan; Elizabeth C. Clarage, eds. (1999). Who's who of Pulitzer Prize winners. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN   978-1-57356-111-2.
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