The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation

Gene Roberts (born June 15, 1932) is an American journalist, author, and professor best known for co-authoring the Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation (2006) with Hank Klibanoff, which chronicles media coverage of the civil rights movement. A former national editor and managing editor of The New York Times and executive editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer (1972-1990)—where his team won 17 Pulitzer Prizes—he has made enduring contributions to journalism through his reporting, editing, and academic teaching at the University of Maryland. ), EBSCO Research Starters. Read more →