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2024 Election Coverage

Simeon Booker Made Waves, Challenged Status Quo

As a reporter for Ebony and Jet magazines, Simeon Booker chronicled some the biggest social and political events of the 20th century. For 50 years, Booker's coverage of the civil rights movement was a fixture in many homes.

Wil Haygood discusses his recent profile of Simeon Booker, published in the Washington Post Magazine.

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