Ted Poston, born July 4, 1906 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, is one of the first African-American journalists to work for a mainstream, white-owned newspaper, the New York Post. He was a reporter for the New York Amsterdam News, which was published for the African-American community in 1928. He became the editor in 1935.
He was hired by the New York Post in 1936, the third black reporter for a major NYC daily paper. He reported on Jackie Robinsons' entrance to the MLB, and the Little Rock Nine.
Poston worked for the Office of War Information during WWII as part of the Negro Liaison, FDR's Black Cabinet.
He was awarded the George Polk Award in 1949 for National Reporting. He passed away in January 1974.
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