Willie Morris Pushes Freedom of the Press for Univ. Texas Student Paper
Willie Morris, editor of The Texan at the University of Texas, on this day continued his editorial campaign for freedom of the press for the student paper.
University administrators had recently rejected two of Morris’ editorials (which were actually reprints from The New York Times and The Christian Science Monitor) over a natural gas bill pending in the legislature. Morris had also incurred the displeasure of the governor over oil legislation and civil rights.
Morris went on to become an acclaimed editor of Harper’s Magazine from 1963 to 1971, where he published a number of important and controversial articles. He was forced to leave. He was also the author of a number of highly regarded books.
Read Morris’ memoirs: Willie Morris, North Toward Home (1967) and New York Days (1993)
Learn more about Willie Morris the writer here
Watch a tribute to Willie Morris: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbpPIOrMxyY
The “Sixties” really began in the mid-1950s and ended in the early 1970s. Read: Christopher B. Strain, The Long Sixties: America, 1955-1973 (2016)