Westmoreland for reports for Jet and Ebony magazines. (12) He has chronicled the most tumultuous period in American history in two highly acclaimed books, Shocking the Conscience: A Reporter’s Account of the Civil Rights Movement (University Press of Mississippi, 2013), and Black Man’s America (Prentice Hall, 1964). (13) Often called the dean of the black press , as chief of Ebony and Jet magazines’ Washington bureau, he interviewed presidents, senators and representatives, members of the judiciary, cabinet officers, foreign ambassadors, and other important members of the Washington community. His column, Ticker Tape U.S.A. became a must-read for politicians and government officials. (14) He covered every Presidential election since the Eisenhower Administration in his fifty-three years with Johnson Publishing until he retired in 2007. (15) In 1982, Booker received one of the most prestigious awards in journalism, the National Press Club’s Fourth Estate Award. (16) His honors and awards include: Nieman Fellowship, Harvard University 1950