Edward Michael Keating

Edward Michael Keating Sr. (1925–2003), was an American newspaper publisher, journalist, author, lawyer, politician, and businessman. He was the founder and publisher of Ramparts, a magazine in print 1962 to 1975, that had started as a Catholic literary magazine and evolved into a voice for the civil rights movement, the anti-war movement, and support of the New Left movement.

Early life Edward Michael Keating Sr. was born on April 17, 1925, in New Jersey. In 1940, when he was a teenager, the family moved to Menlo Park, California.

He was raised as a Protestant and converted to Roman Catholicism in 1954.

Career After college he worked for 4 years as a commercial real estate lawyer, followed by teaching English at the Santa Clara University for one year. He lost the election to Pete McCloskey.

Keating wrote a few books, short stories, and novellas after his Congressional run. He served on the legal council for Huey Newton of the Black Panthers Party. He was survived by 6 children.

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