He is one of the nation’s most famous authors. David Halberstam was born on April 10, 1934, in New York. David Halberstam was well-known for his writing and reporting on the civil rights movement. During the late 50’s and early 60’s at the Nashville Tennessean, he covered stories and activities related to the civil rights movement. Halberstam was assigned to cover the first sit-ins in February, 1960, and he used his experiences to trace the civil rights movement from 1960 to 1965. His book, The Children, is based on these experiences. He looks at the events through the perspective of the student activists who participated in these sit-ins.
He is one of the nation’s most famous authors. David Halberstam was born on April 10, 1934, in New York. David Halberstam was well-known for his writing and reporting on the civil rights movement. During the late 50’s and early 60’s at the Nashville Tennessean, he covered stories and activities related to the civil rights movement. Halberstam was assigned to cover the first sit-ins in February, 1960, and he used his experiences to trace the civil rights movement from 1960 to 1965. His book, The Children, is based on these experiences. He looks at the events through the perspective of the student activists who participated in these sit-ins.
