Gary G. Yerkey
Gary G. Yerkey, born in Chicago, is an American author and journalist currently based in Washington, D.C., contributing to The Christian Science Monitor and other publications.[1][2][3]
Career
A graduate of Ripon College with B.A. in Philosophy, he later undertook post-graduate work at the American University of Beirut and spent more than a decade in Europe and the Middle East, reporting for TIME-LIFE, ABC News, The Christian Science Monitor, the International Herald Tribune and other U.S. news organizations. He has reported from India, Morocco, Malaysia, China, Singapore, Colombia, Canada, Poland, Latvia, Estonia and many other countries. He has interviewed and written profiles of dozens of famous and not-so-famous individuals -- from Miles Davis drummer Art Taylor to civil rights icon John Lewis and award-winning Mexican poet and environmental activist Homero Aridjis. He has also served in the United States Air Force and is a former pilot.
Awards
In 2015, he was among those who received the Congressional Gold Medal—the nation's highest civilian award—for participating in the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights March, led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.[4]
Works
- Still Time to Live: A Biography of Jack Belden, ISBN 0615458882
- South to Selma: 'Outside Agitators' and the Civil Rights March that Changed America, ISBN 1484868951
- Dying for the News: Honoring Tom Treanor and the Other Reporters Killed Covering World War II, ISBN 1517205174
- He's Coming to Start Riots: On the Road to Black Power With 'The Reverend' Willie Ricks, ISBN 1530507561
References
- ↑ "Gary G. Yerkey - The Christian Century". The Christian Century.
- ↑ "Gary G. Yerkey ’66 publishes new non-fiction book".
- ↑ http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/2015/1112/T.Mac-Howard-opened-a-school-for-disadvantaged-youths-in-a-small-Southern-city
- ↑ "Congressional Gold Medal presented to 1965 ‘foot soldiers,’ including four representatives of Ripon College".