Alan Barth

American journalist (1906-1979) · United States · On the map · Journalists · Died at 73

Alan Barth was a 20th-century American journalist and author, specializing in civil liberties, best known for his 30-year stint as an editorial writer at The Washington Post as well as his books, particularly The Loyalty of Free Men (1951).

Alan Barth is read about 2.5 times a day, in 5 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 21 June 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

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Eugene Meyer hired Barth to The Washington Post

March on Washington (August 28, 1963), showing Joseph L. Rauh Jr. (center)-Barth's close friend- with Martin Luther King Jr. (left), Whitney Young, Roy Wilkins, A. Philip Randolph, Walter Reuther, and Sam Weinblatt.

Awards

The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism1952

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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