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Joanne Grant was born on 30 March, 1930 in Utica, New York, U.S.A., is an A 20th-century american non-fiction writer. Discover Joanne Grant's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 75 years old?
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Journalist, activist |
Age |
75 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Aries |
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30 March 1930 |
Birthday |
30 March |
Birthplace |
Utica, New York, U.S.A. |
Date of death |
2005 |
Died Place |
Manhattan, New York City, U.S.A. |
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United States
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She is a member of famous journalist with the age 75 years old group.
Joanne Grant Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Joanne Grant's Husband?
Her husband is Victor Rabinowitz
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Victor Rabinowitz |
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1 son, 1 daughter |
Joanne Grant Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Joanne Grant worth at the age of 75 years old? Joanne Grant’s income source is mostly from being a successful journalist. She is from United States. We have estimated Joanne Grant's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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journalist |
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Joanne Grant (March 30, 1930 – January 9, 2005) was an African-American journalist and Communist activist.
Joanne Grant was born on March 30, 1930, in Utica, New York.
Her father was white and her mother was mixed race.
As a result, she was light-skinned.
Grant graduated from Syracuse University, with a bachelor's degree in journalism.
Grant began her career in public relations in New York City.
Meanwhile, she attended the 6th World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow, Soviet Union in 1957, alongside 140 other Americans.
She also visited China alongside 56 other Americans, even though US citizens were not allowed to visit the communist nation at the time.
She also visited India, Africa and Cuba.
Upon her return to New York City, she served as an assistant to civil rights leader W. E. B. Du Bois.
She was a reporter for the National Guardian, where she covered the American Civil Rights Movement in the American South in the 1960s.
She was the author of three books about the era and the director of a documentary about Ella Baker.
On February 3, 1960, she was named before the House Un-American Activities Committee as a member of the Communist Party USA.
Grant became a reporter for the National Guardian, a radical leftist newspaper, in the 1960s.
She covered the American Civil Rights Movement, and she wrote about her encounters with blacks in small towns across Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia.
She wrote about lynching in the American South.
Meanwhile, she became a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
Grant served as the news director of WBAI, a left-wing radio station, in 1965.
Her 1968 book, Black Protest, is "required reading" for African-American studies classes.
The first book, Black Protest, was published in 1968.
It was about the Columbia University protests of 1968.
Grant married Victor Rabinowitz, the son of businessman and philanthropist Louis M. Rabinowitz.
They had a son, Mark, and a daughter, Abby.
Her second book, Confrontation on Campus, was published in 1969.
She wrote, directed and produced Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker, a documentary about civil rights leader Ella Baker, in 1981.
Actor Harry Belafonte was the narrator; the film was shown on PBS and at the London Film Festival.
Grant was the author of three books about the Civil Rights Movement.
According to The Los Angeles Times, it was "required reading in many African American history classes" by 2005.
Grant died on January 9, 2005, in Manhattan, New York City.
Her papers are held at the Columbia University Library.