Marshall Frady

Marshall B. Frady
BornJanuary 11, 1940
Augusta, Georgia, US
DiedMarch 9, 2004 (aged 64)
Greenville, South Carolina, US
NationalityAmerican
Alma materFurman University
Occupationjournalist
Known forCivil Rights Movement
AwardsEmmy Award (1982)

Marshall Bolton Frady (January 11, 1940 – March 9, 2004) was an American Emmy Award-winning journalist and author particularly known for his work on the civil rights movement in the American South. In 1968, he published Wallace, a biography of George Wallace, later described by contemporary Marc Cooper as "an instant classic".[1] In 1982, he won an Emmy Award for his work on a documentary about mercenaries, Soldiers of the Twilight.[2]

His articles appeared in The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, Newsweek, Life and Harper's, and he contributed to the American Broadcasting Company's news series Close Up and Nightline.[3]

  1. ^ Marc Cooper (March 11, 1994). "Remembering Marshall Frady". The Nation. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
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