| 词条 | Trezzvant Anderson |
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Life and careerAnderson was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, and attended the city's Johnson C. Smith College, but left before his graduation. While at college he served as features editor of the college's newspaper, The University Student.[1] In the 1930s Anderson worked as a publicist for the singer Billy Eckstine, who was then at the start of his career.[2] Anderson wrote the book Come Out Fighting: The Epic Tale of the 761st Tank Battalion, 1942-1945 (1945) about the United States Army's 761st Tank Battalion exploits during the war. The battalion was made up of primarily African-American soldiers. The battalion received a Presidential Unit Citation and several individuals in the battalion won awards for their heroism.[3] In 1947 Anderson joined the Pittsburgh Courier, and after initially working in Pittsburgh, became "The Courier Roving Reporter" in 1957, covering the nascent civil rights movement in the Southern states. Anderson died in Macon, Georgia, in 1963.[1] References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=Trezzvant Anderson|url=http://reportingcivilrights.loa.org/authors/bio.jsp?authorId=1|work=Reporting Civil Rights|publisher=Library of America|accessdate=21 September 2015}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Trezzvant}}2. ^{{cite book|author=Cary Ginell|title=Mr. B: The Music and Life of Billy Eckstine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DTm0AQAAQBAJ|date=August 1, 2013|publisher=Hal Leonard|isbn=978-1-4803-6679-4|page=10}} 3. ^{{cite book|author=|title=Book Corner|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6SoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA461|date=November 1983|volume=90|number=9|work=The Crisis|pages=45|issn=0011-1422}} 11 : 1906 births|1963 deaths|African-American journalists|American male journalists|American army personnel of World War II|American public relations people|United States Army soldiers|American war correspondents of World War II|Historians of World War II|Writers from Charlotte, North Carolina|Johnson C. Smith University alumni |
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