14 Facts About Claude Sitton

Claude Fox Sitton was an American newspaper reporter and editor.

Claude Sitton worked for The New York Times during the 1950s and 1960s, known for his coverage of the civil rights movement.

Claude Sitton had one sibling, Paul Lyon Sitton, who was the first administrator of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration.

Claude Sitton reached the rank of boatswain's mate 2nd class in the Navy.

Bill, Claude Sitton entered Oxford College of Emory University, moving to Emory's main campus, in Atlanta, after a year.

Claude Sitton, who started out as a business major, graduated in 1949 with a journalism degree.

Claude Sitton returned to his alma mater to teach from 1991 to 1994, and was a member of Board of Counselors of Oxford College from 1993 to 2001.

Claude Sitton started out with wire services, working for International News Service and United Press.

Claude Sitton joined The New York Times as a copy editor in 1957.

Claude Sitton covered the civil rights movement for the Times from 1958 to 1964.

In 1964, Claude Sitton was named national news director of the Times.

In 1968, Claude Sitton moved to Raleigh, North Carolina, to become editorial director and vice president of The News and Observer Publishing Co.

Claude Sitton was a forceful editor who was determined to hold accountable those he thought were not acting in the public good.

Claude Sitton died March 10,2015, in hospice care in Atlanta, Georgia, from congestive heart failure.