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10/02/07
AP Press Release
For further information:
For The Associated Press: Mollie Fullington/Jennifer Gilbert
At Linden Alschuler & Kaplan Inc., 212.575.4545
At The Graduate Center: David Manning, 212.817.7177
New exhibit from The Associated Press
recounts the agency’s history and the stories behind
the News
NEW YORK – An exhibit recounting how The Associated
Press has covered some of the biggest stories in its 161-year
history will be on view at the City University of New York’s
Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave. in Manhattan, from Oct. 31
to Nov. 19.
The exhibit is based on the AP’s recently published
history, BREAKING NEWS: How the Associated Press Has Covered
War, Peace, and Everything Else (Princeton Architectural Press,
June 2007).
Using iconic photographs and other striking images from the
AP’s library and corporate archives, the exhibit tells
the stories behind the New York-based news agency’s
documentation of world events since its founding in 1846 –
from James K. Polk to George W. Bush, the Civil War to the
Iraq war.
Visitors will learn how AP reporter Joseph I. Gilbert borrowed
Abraham Lincoln’s own handwritten draft of the Gettysburg
Address to provide the most accurate account of what the President
said at that solemn occasion in 1863.
Memories of the AP’s civil rights coverage include the
story of AP reporter Kathryn Johnson, pictured in 1961 when
she wore bobby sox and a sweater so she would look like a
student and could get on the University of Georgia campus
to see Charlayne Hunter integrate the school on her first
day of classes.
Wars fought far from home and disasters suffered close to
home, including the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 and the
terror attack on the World Trade Center in 2001, are recalled
through AP’s singular images.
Other panels in the exhibit focus on AP’s intrepid foreign
correspondents, aviation milestones, memorable moments in
sports, the White House beat and famous courtroom dramas,
including the Lindbergh kidnapping trial in 1935 and O.J.
Simpson’s not-guilty verdict 60 years later.
Rounding out the display will be vintage photographs from
the AP Images Photo Library of New York’s streets, nightclubs
and sports venues, as well as iconic images of the city’s
skyline.
The exhibit can be viewed Monday through Saturday, 12 noon
to 6 p.m., in the Exhibition Hallway on the first floor of
the Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave. (at 34th Street).
The AP dates its founding to 1846, when the heads of six New
York newspapers agreed to share the cost of gathering and
transmitting by telegraph the news from the Mexican War and
other points far from the city. Today, the AP, the largest
and most trusted source of independent news and information,
operates 243 bureaus in 97 countries. On any given day, more
than half the world's population sees news from AP (www.ap.org).
The Graduate Center is the doctorate-granting institution
of the City University of New York (CUNY). An internationally
recognized center for advanced studies and a national model
for public doctoral education, the school offers more than
30 doctoral programs, as well as a number of master’s
programs. Many of its faculty members are among the world’s
leading scholars in their respective fields, and its alumni
hold major positions in industry and government, as well as
in academia. The Graduate Center is also home to 29 interdisciplinary
research centers and institutes focused on areas of compelling
social, civic, cultural and scientific concerns. Located in
a landmark Fifth Avenue building, the Graduate Center has
become a vital part of New York City’s intellectual
and cultural life with its extensive array of public lectures,
exhibitions, concerts and theatrical events. Further information
on the Graduate Center and its programs can be found at www.gc.cuny.edu
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