"The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history." - Carl T Rowan
Journalist and author Carl Thomas Rowan (1925–2000) was born in Ravenscroft,
Tennessee, USA. One of the most prominent contemporary black journalists, he was
a prizewinning reporter for the Minneapolis Tribune (1950–61), and later (from
1965) became a nationally syndicated columnist, as well as a radio commentator
and a panelist on the weekly television show Inside Washington (1967–96).
He also served as ambassador to Finland (1963–4) and as director of the US
Information Agency (1964–5).
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