Former Associated Press photographer Jack Thornell 's Pulitzer Prize-winning picture of a shotgun-felled James Meredith looking back toward his would-be assassin on a Mississippi highway in 1966 became an enduring image of the Civil Rights Movement.
Explosion of invasive 'janitor fish' sparks mass removal operation in Indonesia's capitalFirefighter heard ‘stop, stop’ before LaGuardia jet crash, but didn’t know who it was for, NTSB saysTrump defends his mathematically impossible calculations on drug pricesMike Vrabel says he takes accountability for distraction, doesn't address specificsAP Entertainment WireMeta slashes 8,000 jobs, or 10% of its workforce, as Microsoft offers buyoutsHow 2 men claimed an absurd record by driving an old 3-wheel car the length of AfricaFatou, the world's oldest gorilla living in captivity, celebrates her 69th birthday at Berlin ZooWorking unseen to frame risk and ritual in a conflict-zone funeralDr.
Oz announces a 50-state audit of Medicaid program oversightTrump signs order to speed review of psychedelics, including the controversial drug ibogaineOne Tech Tip: Don't use rice for your device.
Here's how to dry out your smartphoneTo make hosting less stressful, strive for connection and not perfection'If my people': Here's why the Bible passage Trump read aloud is so potent and polarizingFauna y vegetación en el paisaje radiactivo de Chernóbil muestran la resiliencia de la naturalezaTrump to send envoys Witkoff and Kushner to Pakistan for talks with Iran foreign ministerThe Afternoon WireViolent tornado tears through Oklahoma town, damaging 40 homes but sparing livesTrump's 'gold card' visa starting at $1 million granted to just 1 person so far, White House saysProsecutors used rap lyrics to help send a man to death row in Texas.
It's not an uncommon tacticMeta slashes 8,000 jobs, or 10% of its workforce, as Microsoft offers buyoutsHow 2 men claimed an absurd record by driving an old 3-wheel car the length of AfricaFatou, the world's oldest gorilla living in captivity, celebrates her 69th birthday at Berlin ZooWorking unseen to frame risk and ritual in a conflict-zone funeralDr. Oz announces a 50-state audit of Medicaid program oversightTrump signs order to speed review of psychedelics, including the controversial drug ibogaineOne Tech Tip: Don't use rice for your device.
Here's how to dry out your smartphoneTo make hosting less stressful, strive for connection and not perfection'If my people': Here's why the Bible passage Trump read aloud is so potent and polarizingFauna y vegetación en el paisaje radiactivo de Chernóbil muestran la resiliencia de la naturalezaThe Rev. Ralph Abernathy, right, and Bishop Julian Smith, left, flank Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during a civil rights march in Memphis, Tenn. , March 28, 1968.
looking back toward his would-be assassin on a Mississippi highway in 1966 became an enduring image of the Civil Rights Movement. Thornell died Thursday at a hospital in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie from complications from kidney disease. He was 86. He worked for the AP from 1964 to 2004 and had a variety of assignments over the years, photographing politicians, natural disasters and crime scenes.
But the struggle for racial justice punctuated Thornell’s wire service career from the beginning, and he covered the integration of a Mississippi Gulf Coast school on his first day of work for the New Orleans bureau. Former Associated Press staff photographer Jack Thornell speaks during an interview in Harahan, La. , Feb. 7, 2018. Former Associated Press staff photographer Jack Thornell speaks during an interview in Harahan, La.
, Feb. 7, 2018. James Meredith looks at Aubrey James Norvell, background left partially hidden behind foliage, after being shot on a road near Hernando, Miss. , June 6, 1966. James Meredith looks at Aubrey James Norvell, background left partially hidden behind foliage, after being shot on a road near Hernando, Miss.
, June 6, 1966. New Orleans police officers try to keep their heads down as they move in on a Black Panther headquarters during an exchange of gunfire in New Orleans, Sept. 15, 1970. New Orleans police officers try to keep their heads down as they move in on a Black Panther headquarters during an exchange of gunfire in New Orleans, Sept. 15, 1970.
Alton Wayne Roberts punches CBS cameraman Laurens Pierce outside the Federal Building in Meridian, Miss. , Jan. 27, 1965. Roberts, a 26-year-old salesman, was a defendant in the deaths of three civil rights workers. Alton Wayne Roberts punches CBS cameraman Laurens Pierce outside the Federal Building in Meridian, Miss.
, Jan. 27, 1965. Roberts, a 26-year-old salesman, was a defendant in the deaths of three civil rights workers. Mayor Richard J. Daley stands at the microphone as shouts resound through the International Amphitheater in Chicago, demanding the Democratic National Convention adjourn until later in the day before considering the party platform, Aug. 28, 1968. During the convention, hundreds of demonstrators waged war with police and National Guardsmen on the streets of Chicago.
Mayor Richard J. Daley stands at the microphone as shouts resound through the International Amphitheater in Chicago, demanding the Democratic National Convention adjourn until later in the day before considering the party platform, Aug. 28, 1968. During the convention, hundreds of demonstrators waged war with police and National Guardsmen on the streets of Chicago. A sharpshooter at Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tenn.
, June 11, 1977, takes a nap on the lawn in front of a cellblock after duty in the search for six escaped convicts, including James Earl Ray. A sharpshooter at Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tenn. , June 11, 1977, takes a nap on the lawn in front of a cellblock after duty in the search for six escaped convicts, including James Earl Ray.
Actress Jane Fonda, center, joins the picket line with marchers in support of a group of black militant squatters whom police have tried to evict form city-owned apartments in New Orleans, Nov. 3, 1970. Actress Jane Fonda, center, joins the picket line with marchers in support of a group of black militant squatters whom police have tried to evict form city-owned apartments in New Orleans, Nov. 3, 1970.
South African Bishop Desmond Tutu denounces his country’s apartheid policy of racial separation in New Orleans, Sept. 7, 1982. South African Bishop Desmond Tutu denounces his country’s apartheid policy of racial separation in New Orleans, Sept. 7, 1982. The face of Muhammad Ali is covered in perspiration after a workout, Sept. 8, 1978 in New Orleans where he is getting ready for his rematch will Leon Spinks for the title.
The face of Muhammad Ali is covered in perspiration after a workout, Sept. 8, 1978 in New Orleans where he is getting ready for his rematch will Leon Spinks for the title. A prisoner lights a cigarette in the maximum security section of the Louisiana State prison at Angola, in December 1975.
A prisoner lights a cigarette in the maximum security section of the Louisiana State prison at Angola, in December 1975. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, D-N.Y. , left, talks with a group of people in front of a country store during his tour of the Mississippi Delta, while investigating the federal antipoverty program, near Greenville, Miss.
, April 11, 1967. Next to Kennedy is Kenneth Dean of the Mississippi Council on Human Relations, who is holding a child suffering from a diet deficiency. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, D-N.Y.
, left, talks with a group of people in front of a country store during his tour of the Mississippi Delta, while investigating the federal antipoverty program, near Greenville, Miss. , April 11, 1967.
Next to Kennedy is Kenneth Dean of the Mississippi Council on Human Relations, who is holding a child suffering from a diet deficiency. Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan, left, moves through the crowd shaking hands at the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Mississippi, Aug. 3, 1980. Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan, left, moves through the crowd shaking hands at the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Mississippi, Aug. 3, 1980.
Amy Carter catches up on her reading as she waits with her parents, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, for the Democratic presidential candidate to address a rally at the Tabernacle Baptist Church on Chicago’s South Side, Oct. 10, 1976. Amy Carter catches up on her reading as she waits with her parents, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, for the Democratic presidential candidate to address a rally at the Tabernacle Baptist Church on Chicago’s South Side, Oct. 10, 1976.
Students at Jackson State College peer from a window that was shot out by police on campus May 15, 1970. Two youths died as police riddled windows of a girl’s dormitory they claimed they were returning sniper fire. Students at Jackson State College peer from a window that was shot out by police on campus May 15, 1970.
Two youths died as police riddled windows of a girl’s dormitory they claimed they were returning sniper fire. FILE- A policeman holds his revolver at the ready as he and another officer retreat with a looter in custody, during racial unrest in Memphis, Tenn. , March 28, 1968.
FILE- A policeman holds his revolver at the ready as he and another officer retreat with a looter in custody, during racial unrest in Memphis, Tenn. , March 28, 1968. Presidential candidate Jimmy Carter waves from the rear of a train to a crowd of supporters in Philadelphia, Pa. , Sept. 20, 1976.
Carter made the stop during his 14-hour three-state whistle stop campaign. Presidential candidate Jimmy Carter waves from the rear of a train to a crowd of supporters in Philadelphia, Pa. , Sept. 20, 1976. Carter made the stop during his 14-hour three-state whistle stop campaign.
Carl Wright drinks from a broken pipe amid the ruins of his father’s service station in Gulfport, Miss. , in the aftermath of Hurricane Camille. Carl Wright drinks from a broken pipe amid the ruins of his father’s service station in Gulfport, Miss. , in the aftermath of Hurricane Camille.
Coretta Scott King, third right, is accompanied by her children, Yolanda, Bernice, Martin III, and Dexter at Sisters Chapel on the campus of Spellman College in Atlanta, April 8, 1968. Coretta Scott King, third right, is accompanied by her children, Yolanda, Bernice, Martin III, and Dexter at Sisters Chapel on the campus of Spellman College in Atlanta, April 8, 1968.
The burned station wagon of three missing civil rights workers, Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney, in a swampy area near Philadelphia, Miss. , June 24, 1964. The bodies of the men were found later in an earthen dam. The burned station wagon of three missing civil rights workers, Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney, in a swampy area near Philadelphia, Miss.
, June 24, 1964. The bodies of the men were found later in an earthen dam.
General News LA State Wire Photo Galleries Louisiana MS State Wire Mississippi U.S. News Metairie Civil Rights James Meredith Human Rights New Orleans Associated Press Race And Ethnicity Race And Ethnicity
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
US military says it seizes another oil tanker associated with IranThe U.S. military on Thursday seized another tanker associated with the smuggling of Iranian oil, ratcheting up a standoff with Iran a day after its paramilitary Revolutionary Guards took control of two vessels in the crucial Strait of Hormuz.
Read more »
Pulitzer-winning AP photographer Jack Thornell dies at 86Jack Thornell, the Associated Press photographer whose picture from an assassination attempt on James Meredith in 1966 won a Pulitzer Prize, has died at age 86. Son Jay Thornell confirmed that is father died Thursday at a hospital in suburban New Orleans from complications from kidney disease. Thornell worked for the AP from 1964 to 2004.
Read more »
Jack Thornell, AP photographer who captured assassination attempt on James Meredith, dies at 86Jack Thornell, the Associated Press photographer whose picture from an assassination attempt on James Meredith in 1966 won a Pulitzer Prize, has died at age 86.
Read more »
Jack Thornell, AP photographer who captured assassination attempt on James Meredith, dies at 86Jack Thornell, the Associated Press photographer whose picture from an assassination attempt on James Meredith in 1966 won a Pulitzer Prize, has died at age 86.
Read more »
Jack Thornell, AP photographer who captured assassination attempt on James Meredith, dies at 86Jack Thornell, the Associated Press photographer whose picture from an assassination attempt on James Meredith in 1966 won a Pulitzer Prize, has died at age 86.
Read more »
Jack Thornell, AP photographer who captured assassination attempt on James Meredith, dies at 86 -NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former Associated Press photographer Jack Thornell, whose Pulitzer Prize-winning picture of a shotgun-felled James Meredith looking back
Read more »