Journalism professor receives MLK Award for documentary work
Beeson is a human rights activist and photographer, and he received the award for his work in McDowell County.
Beeson has created an online exhibit for the Kimball World War I Memorial, and students of the Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism contribute to the site each semester.
The project included an exhibit installation to the memorial in Kimball, W.Va., called “Soldiers of the Coalfields: The Story of African American Soldiers in World War I.”
Beeson also created the PBS- aired documentary, “Fighting on Two Fronts: the Untold Stories of African American WWII Veterans,” which is where he met Marcus Cranford, who introduced and presented Beeson with the award.
