John Howard Nelson

Background

Nelson, John Howard was born on October 11, 1929 in Talladega, Alabama, United States. Son of Howard Alonzo and Barbara Lena (O'Donnell) Nelson.

Education

Student economics, Georgia State College, 1953-1957; Nieman fellow, Harvard University, 1961-1962.

Career

Reporter,, Biloxi (Mississippi) Daily Herald, 1947-1951; Reporter, Atlanta Constitution, 1952-1965.

Achievements

• John Howard Nelson has been listed as a noteworthy Journalist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Terror in the Night: The Klan's Campaign Against the Jews

    (The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist recounts the Ku Klu...)

  • The Orangeburg Massacre

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  • The Orangeburg Massacre Jack Nelson Jack Bass 1970 First Printing

    (The World Publishing Company, New York, 1970. Hardcover. ...)

  • The Censors and the Schools
  • (The Censors and the Schools) Author: Jack Nelson published on (September, 1977)

Membership

Member visiting committee U. Maryland. School Journalism, U. Miami School Communications. With Army of the United States, 1951-1952.

Member Foreign Policy Council, The Gridiron Club.

Connections

Married Virginia Dare Dickinson, August 4, 1951 (divorced November 1974). Children: Karen Dare, John Michael, Steven Howard. Married Barbara Joan Matusow, December 7, 1974.

Father:

Howard Alonzo Nelson

Mother:

Barbara Lena (O'Donnell) Nelson

Spouse:

Virginia Dare Dickinson

Spouse:

Barbara Joan Matusow

child:

Steven Howard Nelson

child:

John Michael Nelson

child:

Karen Dare Nelson