Box 6557

Scope and Contents note From the Collection: This collection documents Boone's career in journalism both in Macon, Georgia and Tuscaloosa, Alabama. His papers cover the years 1924-1981, with the bulk spanning the years 1949-1968, and reflect his career, personal life, and world travels. Of particular interest are the papers dealing with Autherine Lucy’s enrollment at the University of Alabama in 1956; papers dealing with Boone's receipt of the Pulitzer Prize in 1957 for editorial writing, and papers dealing with the 1964-68 Ku Klux...