Actor
Born Aug 11, 1925 · Ravenscroft, Tennessee, USA
Awards: Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award, Spingarn Medal, National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame, Chuck Stone Lifetime Achievement Award, honorary doctor of the University of Miami, The Hillman Prize for Newspaper Journalism
Carl Thomas Rowan was an American journalist, author and government official whose columns were syndicated across the U.S. At one point, he was the highest ranking African American in the United States government.