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Carl Chancellor is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who has a passion for human rights and social justice issues. For more than 20 years he was a reporter and columnist for the Knight-Ridder news service and its flagship paper, the Akron Beacon Journal. As a reporter he covered criminal justice, social services, features, education, and politics. He was on the campaign trail traveling the country during the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections. In 1993 he was a lead writer on a yearlong series focusing on race relations—A Question of Color—that won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal for Meritorious Public Service.

Before coming to American Progress, he was a columnist and blogger for the online advocacy group Change.org writing about issues of race, poverty, and criminal justice. He also taught journalism at Howard University and contributes articles to a number of national publications, including USA Today, BlackAmericaWeb.com, and the website Civil Rights in America.

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Of Beatles, Boomers, and Black History ArticleFebruary 18, 2014

Of Beatles, Boomers, and Black History

One black man’s perspective on the cultural impact of Beatlemania in America.

Feb 18, 2014

Carl Chancellor

Tension, dissent brewed for months before march In the NewsAugust 19, 2013

Tension, dissent brewed for months before march

On Wednesday, August 28, 1963, more than a quarter-million people converged on the nation's capital to demand an end to racial discrimination in what historians agree was the ultimate expression of American democracy: citizens petitioning their government for change.

Aug 19, 2013 USA Today

Carl Chancellor

Martin Unchained: Radical Reformer, Nonviolent Militant ArticleJanuary 21, 2013

An October 24, 1966, photo of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Atlanta, Georgia. (AP)

Martin Unchained: Radical Reformer, Nonviolent Militant

This Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, we should remember the true Dr. King and free him from a reconstructed history that never was.

Jan 21, 2013

Carl Chancellor

With America’s Kids Heading Back to the Classroom, Are Schools up to the Challenge? ArticleSeptember 4, 2012

Parents and students shop for back-to-school supplies. America must invest more in its education system and in its students of color if the next generation is going to be competitive and prepared to enter the global workforce. (AP/Seth Perlman)

With America’s Kids Heading Back to the Classroom, Are Schools up to the Challenge?

The Center for American Progress understands that to be competitive in the global economy America must make investment in education a national priority.

Sep 4, 2012

Carl Chancellor

Labor Day Celebrates the American Trifecta of Robust Unions, a Thriving Middle Class, and a Booming Economy ArticleAugust 31, 2012

Supporters attending a labor rally hold signs supporting rights to unionize at the United Steelworkers union headquarters in Pittsburgh. (AP/Keith Srakocic)

Labor Day Celebrates the American Trifecta of Robust Unions, a Thriving Middle Class, and a Booming Economy

The Center for American Progress understands what unions and our middle class mean to our economy and offer solutions to restore shared prosperity in our country.

Aug 31, 2012

Carl Chancellor

Comparing Our Preparedness for Hurricane Isaac and Hurricane Katrina ArticleAugust 28, 2012

Comparing Our Preparedness for Hurricane Isaac and Hurricane Katrina

The difference in the governing philosophies of presidents Obama and Bush couldn’t be more stark as Hurricane Isaac bears down on New Orleans

Aug 28, 2012

Carl Chancellor

Critical Education Standards Opposed by Conservative Group ArticleMay 11, 2012

The Common Core Standards were developed to effectively address negative outcomes by focusing on the power of a high-quality education, informed by rigorous standards, to lift individuals out of poverty. (AP/ Morry Gash)

Critical Education Standards Opposed by Conservative Group

Carl Chancellor questions the states’ rights motives of the American Legislative Exchange Council in opposing basic education standards for our kids.

May 11, 2012

Carl Chancellor

Voter Suppression Battle Just the Latest Fight to Protect the Vote ArticleFebruary 24, 2012

Demonstrators, who identified themselves as members of the Committee on Appeal for Human Rights, gather around an open casket containing a copy of the 15th Amendment on the steps of the Atlanta, Georgia post office, March 30, 1963. (AP)

Voter Suppression Battle Just the Latest Fight to Protect the Vote

Carl Chancellor marks the anniversary of the swearing-in of the first African American senator and reflects on the nation’s long-running saga of black suffrage, which continues today.

Feb 24, 2012

Carl Chancellor