Reed Sarratt Papers, 1930s-1960s

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Reed Sarratt Papers, 1930s-1960s

Correspondence, writings, notes, and other items of North Carolina journalist Reed Sarratt (1917-1986), whose career took him from editorial posts at the and the to directorships of the Southern Education Reporting Service and the Southern Newspaper Publishers' Association. Sarratt's chief editorial interest was civil rights, and he was particulary involved in monitoring the desegregation of public schools. Charlotte News Winston-Salem Journal and Twin City Sentinel

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Sarratt, Reed

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Alexander Reed Sarratt, Jr., was born in Charlotte, N.C., in 1917. He was graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Carolina in 1937 with a bachelor's degree in economics. During his senior year at UNC, he served as managing editor of the Daily Tar Heel . After graduation, he worked as a reporter and later city editor for the Charlotte News . From 1946 to 1952, Sarratt was an editorial writer for the Baltimore Evening Sun . In 1952, he returned to North Carol...