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Name
  
Jack Thornell

Role
  
Photographer

Spouse
  
Carolyn Wilson (m. 1964)


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Children
  
Candice Thornell, Jay Randolph Thornell

Awards
  
Pulitzer Prize for Photography

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Jack Randolph Thornell (born August 29, 1939) is an American photographer. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his photo of James Meredith after the activist was attacked and wounded by a sniper during his June 1966 March Against Fear in Mississippi.

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Life

Thornell was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi. He served in the Army Signal Corps. He worked as a photographer for the Jackson Daily News (1960–1964), and for decades for the Associated Press.

He married Carolyn Wilson in 1964; they had children Candice and Jay Randolph.

Awards

  • 1967 Pulitzer Prize for Photography
  • References

    Jack R. Thornell Wikipedia