Kathryn Johnson, legendary civil rights reporter for the Associated Press, passed away Wednesday, October 23.

The Columbus, Georgia native began her coverage of Martin Luther King, Jr. when he was a little-known Baptist preacher from Atlanta.

Her book, “My Time With the Kings,” was

published in 2016. Both Martin and Coretta Scott King gave her access that other media did not get.

She left the AP in 1979 to be an associate editor at U.S. News & World Report. In 1988, she joined CNN, and stayed there until 1999.

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