| Carl Rowan  AKA Carl Thomas Rowan
Born: 11-Aug-1925
Birthplace: Ravencroft, TN
Died: 23-Sep-2000
Location of death: Washington, DC
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Columnist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Chicago Sun-Times columnist Wife: Vivien Murphy (until his death, two sons, one daughter)
Son: Carl Rowan Jr. (attorney)
Son: Jeffrey Rowan (psychologist)
Daughter: Barbara
Father: Thomas Rowan
Mother: Johnnie Bradford
University: BA, Oberlin College (1947)
University: MA, University of Minnesota (1948)
University: Tennessee State University
University: Washburn College
Spingarn Medal 1997
US Information Agency Director (1964-65)
US Ambassador to Finland 1963-64
The Chicago Sun-Times Columnist (1966-98)
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
Unlawful Possession of a Firearm 1988 (deadlocked jury)
Roast: Helen Thomas (1993)
Nixon's Enemies List
Author of books:
South of Freedom (1952)
The Pitiful and the Proud (1956)
Go South to Sorrow (1957)
Wait till Next Year: The Life Story of Jackie Robinson (1960)
Just Between Us Blacks (1974)
Breaking Barriers: A Memoir (1991)
Dream Makers, Dream Breakers: The World of Justice Thurgood Marshall (1993)
The Coming Race War in America: A Wake-Up Call (1996)
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