L. Alex Wilson

L. Alex Wilson (March 30, 1909–October 11, 1960) was an American journalist and editor who rose to prominence during the civil rights movement.

In 1957, Wilson was covering the federally enforced integration of Central High School by the Little Rock Nine when a white mob assaulted him and two other Black journalists.

He survived, continuing as an editor in Chicago, but died three years later from neurological damage caused by the violent segregationists in Little Rock.

[1] Lucious Alexander Wilson[2] was the editor and general manager of the Tri-State Defender, an African-American newspaper published in Memphis, Tennessee.

[4] In 1955, Wilson led the Defender-chain's coverage of the Emmett Till lynching, a catalyst for the civil rights movement.