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William (Bill) C. Baggs
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
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William (Bill) C. Baggs

1923 - 1969
Bill Baggs was the editor of The Miami News from 1957-1969. During his career, he was one of a small group of Southern newspaper editors who campaigned for civil rights for African Americans in the 1950s and 1960s. He became an early opponent of the Vietnam War.
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