Jack Randolph Thornell (born August 29, 1939) is an American photographer. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his photo of James Meredith after the activist was attacked and wounded by a sniper during his June 1966 March Against Fear in Mississippi. Life Thornell was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi. He served in the Army Signal Corps. He worked as a photographer for the Jackson Daily News (1960–1964), and for decades for the Associated Press. He married Carolyn Wilson in 1964; they had children Candice and Jay Randolph. Awards 1967 Pulitzer Prize for Photography References External links "James Meredith", Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement, 1966–1968, photos, Seattle Times, 2008 "Sketches of Winners of Pulitzer Prize Winners", The New York Times 1939 births Living people American photographers Pulitzer Prize for Photography winners People from Vicksburg, Mississippi United States Army soldiers Journalists from Mississippi