He was also the Knight Professor of the Practice of Communications and Journalism at the Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University.

In 1999, Raspberry received the Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award as well as an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Colby College.

[6] Ragged Edge, a disabled-rights publication, published complaints from letters to the editor that the Post did not print.

[7] He provided the Washington Post a guest column on November 11, 2008, commenting on the election of Barack Obama as president of the United States.

[8] As of 2008, he was president of "Baby Steps", a parent training and empowerment program based in Okolona, Mississippi.