By Dan Nonte, University Relations
Contact: (336) 334-4314
Posted: 9-24-08
Edward R. Murrow. Photo courtesy of Washington State University, his alma mater.
GREENSBORO, NC – University Libraries and the Greensboro Historical Museum are sponsoring a series of events about acclaimed broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow. The Guilford County native was born 100 years ago this year.
All events in the series – The Edward R. Murrow Centennial Celebration: Guilford County Remembers Its Native Son – are free and open to the public. The events are as follows:
• 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7; Maple Room, Elliott University Center, UNCG campus
“Edward R. Murrow and Joseph McCarthy,” a See It Now documentary about the confrontation between the broadcaster and the senator, will be shown. Dr. Chuck Bolton, Department of History head, will provide background and lead a discussion.
• 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14; Maple Room, Elliott University Center, UNCG campus
“Edward R. Murrow’s Harvest of Shame,” a CBS documentary about migrant farm workers, will be shown. Nolo Martinez, UNCG Center for New North Carolinians, will provide background and lead a discussion. An N.C. Highway Historical Marker honoring Murrow will be unveiled in the Maple Room. The marker eventually will be placed on N.C. Highway 62 at Randleman Road, one mile east of his birth site.
• 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19; Greensboro Historical Museum, 130 Summit Ave., Greensboro
“Good Night and Good Luck,” the 2005 theatrical film directed by George Clooney, will be shown.
Born April 25, 1908, on Polecat Creek near Greensboro, Murrow became one of America’s most celebrated journalists. He brought compelling stories about the horrors of World War II to millions of American radio listeners and used his television broadcasts to challenge a powerful member of the U.S. Congress in the midst of the “Red Scare” of the 1950s. He died April 27, 1965.
