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Gary G. Yerkey, born in Chicago, is an American author and journalist currently based in Washington, D.C., contributing to The Christian Science Monitor and other publications.
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Career
A graduate of Ripon College with B.A. in Philosophy, he later undertook post-graduate work at the American University of Beirut and spent more than a decade in Europe and the Middle East, reporting for TIME-LIFE, ABC News, The Christian Science Monitor, the International Herald Tribune and other U.S. news organizations. He has also reported from India, Morocco, Indonesia, China, Singapore and several other countries.
Awards
In 2015, he was among those who received the Congressional Gold Medal—the nation's highest civilian award—for participating in the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights March, led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.