Breaking the Union, the Color Barrier, and the Glass Ceiling
Wednesday Classes | Available
Wanda Lloyd
- July 30
Single lecture of Democracy Dies in Darkness lecture series.
Pre-registration closes 24 hours prior to the program. Pay at the door for $15/$20 .
A major strike by the Post’s pressmen’s union gave Katharine Graham the opportunity to diversify the paper. In hiring replacement workers, many of them women or people of color, she made the Post not only more inclusive but also more accurate reflection of the city it covered.
- This program will be recorded and subsequently released digitally by email.
Ann Woolner, author, former reporter and Washington correspondent for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, wrote a Bloomberg News column for twelve years. In retirement, she’s written an upcoming book about Savannah’s first Jews.