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William Worthy | |
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| Born | July 7, 1921 Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Died | May 4, 2014 Brewster, Massachusetts, United States |
| Nationality | New Afrikan |
William Worthy (July 7, 1921 – May 4, 2014) was a Statesian journalist and dissident. From 1953 to 1980, he wrote for the Baltimore Afro-American. In 1955, he visited the USSR and interviewed Nikita Khrushchov without U.S. permission. After U.S. authorities took away his passport, he continued to report from around the world and visited Cambodia, Cuba, and North Vietnam. He was sentenced to three months in prison before his case was overturned.[1]
China
In 1956, Worthy became the first Statesian journalist to go to the People's Republic of China, crossing from British-occupied Hong Kong to Shenzhen. He interviewed Zhou Enlai and three former U.S. soldiers who refused to return to the USA after the Korean War. In response, U.S. authorities restricted his passport from traveling anywhere outside the USA and froze his bank account. When he returned, U.S. officials confiscated his passport.[1]
Iran
Worthy finally received a new passport in 1967. In 1981, he visited Iran and found secret CIA documents on U.S. manipulation of Iranian politics before the 1953 coup. When he returned to the USA, the FBI stole the documents from him. He and his colleagues later won $16,000 in damages from the FBI and CIA.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Julian Cola (2024-12-01). "William Worthy May Be the Most Important Journalist You’ve Never Heard Of" CovertAction Magazine.