Brilliance, courage defined journalist, and amigo, Karanja Ajanaku

Otis Sanford
Otis Sanford is professor emeritus of Journalism and Strategic Media at the University of Memphis and political commentator for WATN-TV ABC24 News. Contact him at o.sanford@memphis.edu.
One day in late May 1977, a young Black man took a seat at a desk for his first day as a reporter at The Commercial Appeal.
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