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Ted Poston

Theodore Roosevelt “Ted” Poston was born on July 4, 1906, in Hopkinsville. He was a graduate of Attucks High School and Tennessee A&I State College. Commonly referred to as the Dean of Black Journalists, Poston wrote for the New York Post, covering major civil rights stories of his era. He was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1949.

Ted Poston’s ‘Dark Side’ stories chosen for Books at the Bar
Hoptown Chronicle•
Hoptown Chronicle's editor will join the book club discussion Aug. 23 at Hopkinsville Brewing to talk about journalist Ted Poston's stories.
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Ky. Writers Hall of Fame inducts Hopkinsville native Ted Poston
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Poston, the Dean of Black Journalists, began a career at the New York Post in the mid-1930s and retired in 1972.
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Poston’s Hall of Fame induction set for Thursday in Lexington
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Poston, known as the Dean of Black Journalists, covered many of the country's major civil rights stories from the mid-1930s until his retirement in 1972.
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Hopkinsville native Ted Poston to be inducted into Ky. Writers Hall of Fame
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Recognized as the dean of Black journalists in America, Ted Poston covered major stories on civil rights, politics and Black culture as a staff writer at the New York Post from the mid-1930s until his retirement in 1972.
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Library’s refurbished patio offers a new view of downtown
Jennifer P. Brown•
The 2019-20 class of Leadership Hopkinsville-Christian County raised $10,000 to spruce up the porch and add several amenities for library patrons.
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Ted Poston’s ‘Dark Side’ stories will launch the first meeting of Museum Book Club
Jennifer P. Brown•
Ted Poston wrote the fictionalized accounts of his childhood growing up in segregated Hopkinsville as a personal project during his newspaper career. They were first published as a collection a decade after his death.
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History on Tap to highlight Christian County’s lesser-know notables during virtual event
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This will be a live, virtual presentation set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, streaming on the museum’s Facebook page.
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Ceremony set to install county’s first historical marker to a woman
Jennifer P. Brown•
The marker will recognize Mary Edmunds Bronaugh, who was among Kentucky's earliest female lawyers when she passed the bar in 1915.
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Christian County’s historical markers tell stories of the past
Jennifer P. Brown•
The local markers, which are among 2,400 installed statewide by the Kentucky Historical Society, offer lessons in local history.
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There was more than one ambitious journalist in Hopkinsville’s Poston family
Jennifer P. Brown•
Robert Lincoln Poston started his newspaper work in Hopkinsville before moving to Detroit and then New York City. In 1934, he led a delegation to Liberia for black nationalist Marcus Garvey's organization.
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Big Read to celebrate Dean of Black Journalists Ted Poston
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Founder and editor of the Hoptown Chronicle, Jennifer Brown, discusses Dean of Black Journalists Ted Poston on the WKMS program Sounds Good.
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Ted Poston’s short stories grew from regaling friends of life in Hopkinsville
Jennifer P. Brown•
The collection features fictionalized accounts of Poston's childhood, growing up in the 1910s in segregated Hopkinsville. The author and his buddies play the heroes, often outwitting the white community, but also their black elders.
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