Jack R. Thornell
Introduction Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of James Meredith'''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''