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Race and the Journalist: Gerald Boyd's 'My Times in Black and White'

Robin D. Stone, the widow of former New York Times Managing Editor Gerald M. Boyd, kept her word. At a memorial I attended in New York after his death from lung cancer in 2006, she said she would ensure that a memoir he had left behind would be published. And so it has. "My Times in Black and White: Race and Power at the New York Times," just released this week, is a vivid portrayal of the man and the journalist. The depiction is more than just a recitation of the well-known facts. It is highly personal, damning in its observations of some of his former colleagues and powerful in its insights ...

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