About John Q. Jordan
John Q. Jordan was an American journalist.
John Quincy Jordan (died March 5, 1978) was an African-American journalist who covered all-black marine units in Italy during World War II. While there, he filed dispatches as a correspondent for the black-oriented Norfolk Journal and Guide. He also aided the evacuation of injured units and prepared black soldiers for interviews with white journalists.
Legacy Norfolk State University now awards the John Q. Jordan scholarship to undergraduate journalism students.
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Who was John Q. Jordan?
American journalist
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John Q. Jordan died in 1978.
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John Q. Jordan was a journalist.
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John Q. Jordan was American.
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