Before the Byline: A Journalist’s Roots Hoodies The “Word of Life” mural

The “Word of Life” mural on the Hesburgh Library

one book at a time

humble man behind all of that achievement

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Before the Byline: A Journalist’s Roots Hoodies The “Word of Life” muralBefore the Byline: A Journalists Roots In this deeply personal memoir, Don Wycliff reflects on the unlikely path that carried him from a segregated childhood in East Texas to the editorial boards of some of Americas most influential newspapers. Born in 1946 to devout Black Catholic parents who instilled in him resilience, faith, and ambition, Wycliff was part of a generation that came of age during the Civil Rights Movement and the nations slow march