(The story of abolitionist John Brown describes his dream ...)
The story of abolitionist John Brown describes his dream of eliminating slavery from America and recounts his 1859 insurrection at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, where he and his band turned violent for the cause.
Lafayette Clinton "Clint" Cox was an American editor, reporter and writer.
Background
Lafayette Clinton Cox, known as Clint Cox, was born on June 10, 1934 in Sumter, South Carolina, United States, the son of Lafayette Clinton and Magdalene Elizabeth (Jackson) Cox. He was raised in Schenectady, New York, where he lived most of his life.
Education
Clint graduated from Goddard College with B.A. in 1970 and from Columbia University with M.S. in 1971.
In 1968 Clint worked in Schenectady Union-Star, as a reporter. Then he served as a reporter in Community News Service, New York City for a year. He was a staff writer for Sunday magazine New York Daily News from 1974 to 1978 and a political reporter from 1978 to 1979. From 1980 to 1990 he worked as a freelance magazine writer. The City Sun emplyed him as a columnist from 1990 to 1993.
Clint first became interested in writing after hearing his father and other black veterans describe their combat experiences during World War II. He began his career as an author of books for young people in 1991 with the publication of Undying Glory: The Story of the Massachusetts 54th Regiment. Cox authored several highly-acclaimed books for young readers, including three on fascinating yet little-known aspects of African American military history. Lafayette Clinton Cox died at the age of 76 of a heart attack at the home on Suzanne Lane.
Achievements
Cox was a longtime journalist who became a highly regarded writer on multicultural issues in New York City.