Journalism and Communications
Hampton University
Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications

Caldwell Café
vol. I - Series Introduction


This is the first in a series of informal sessions with journalists from around the country. Come spend an evening with Earl Caldwell, Jounalist, Former Endowed Professor, Current Writer-In-Residence!

  • Only reporter present when Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated
  • Subject of the landmark case Caldwell vs. the US that created the basis for "shield laws", which protect reporters' notes from government seizure
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