Bolden, Frank E., 1912-2003

found: Journalist; author of A Legacy in Bricks and Mortar: African-American Landmarks in Allegheny County

found: Slippery Rock Univ. press release, 2000Web site (historian of black culture and American journalism, Bolden, 86, was a star reporter for the Pittsburgh Courier; during World War II, he wrote stories about the contributions of African-American soldiers)

found: www.ancestry.com, viewed Feb. 5, 2014U.S. Social Security death index, 1935-current (born Dec. 24, 1912, died Aug. 28, 2003, residence Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania)

found: African American National Biography, accessed December 21, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Bolden, Frank E.; Franklin Eugene Bolden Jr.; historian, print journalist; born 24 December 1912 in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States; earned a BS with honors in Education (1934); was a member of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science; the first black graduate assistant to teach in Pitt's biology department; worked for twenty-seven years as columnist, feature writer, copy desk editor, and eventually city editor for the "Pittsburgh Courier" (1935-1962); worked as a war correspondent (1942); interviewed Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill (1943); interviewed Mohandas K. Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru; worked briefly at the "New York Times" and at NBC News (1962); worked for the Pittsburgh Board of Education as associate director of information services and community relations (1963-1978); received George Polk Career Award in Journalism, the Legacy Award from the National Association of Black Journalists; died 28 August 2003 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States)