TVNewser<http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/randall-pinkston-leaving-cbs-but-not-before-documenting-how-he-got-his-start_b179902>: And his final report was about civil rights icon Medgar Evers, thanks to whom Pinkston got his first job back in Jackson, Mississippi in the early 70s... the station 50 years ago finally let Evers go on the air, responding to a speech by the then-mayor defending non-hiring of folks of colour to city jobs, but it led to a protracted battle in Federal courts that ultimately cost WLBT's founder his FCC license... Pinkston was hired by later owners... -- BOB
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