Osburn Zuber

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Thomas Osburn Zuber (born 1904) was a notable columnist and editorial writer during the first half of the 20th century for the Birmingham News.

In 1934 he received honorable mention for his editorial "Why We Have Lynching in the South" from the Pulitzer committee. In 1938 he was granted a one-year Nieman fellowship to study current events at Harvard University.

Publications

  • Osburn Zuber (December 22, 1929) "Negro Scientist Shows ‘Way Out’ For Southern Farmers: A story of George Washington Carver of Tuskegee." Montgomery Advertiser, printed in Joint Hearing Before the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, United States Senate, and the Committee on Public Lands, House of Representatives, Seventy-Fifth Congress, First Session on S. 37, S. 312, and H.R. 647.

References

  • Jackson, Harvey H. (2000) The WPA Guide to 1930s Alabama Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, pp. 168-169. ISBN 0817310282