John Q. Jordan

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John Q. Jordan was an African American journalist who covered all-black marine units in Italy during World War II. While there, he filed dispatches as a correspondent for the black-oriented The Norfolk Journal and Guide. He also aided the evacuation of injured unites and prepared black soldiers for interviews with white journalists.

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Terry, Wallace. Missing Pages: Black Journalists of Modern America: An Oral History (2007) Carroll & Graf