50 years later: E&P reprints Halberstam feature
Writes Editor and Publisher’s Shawn Moynihan:
“When researching the ‘50 Years Ago’ section for each issue, I often come across some amazing stories from E&P’s rich history. This time, I discovered one written especially for us by David Halberstam, then a little-known reporter for The Nashville Tennessean, titled, ‘One Picture Arouses Nation to Give Succor to Poor Family.’ Appearing in our Jan. 4, 1958 issue, it’s the story behind a newspaper report — and a gripping image captured by staff photographer Eldred Reaney — that drew wide attention to the plight of the Ledbetter family, and the outpouring of help they received after the story ran in December 1957.“