Adam Clayton Powell to the rise of current Vice President Kamala Harris, to his hands-on historical research scuba diving into the depths of the ocean to find the sunken slave ship, the Henrietta Maria, Cottman blends both current and historical perspectives to bring to life important political, racial, and social issues. From tracing Black political lineage from the 1940s church of Rev. Cottman has also covered social justice uprisings in Miami and New York, the shootings of unarmed Black men, and the eight-year tenure of former President Barack Obama. He wrote the first book for a major publisher, Million Man March (Penguin Random House), that chronicled the historic event in Washington, DC in 1995. Cottman’s decades-long career in journalism has garnered him numerous awards and earned him the reputation of being a respected writer on modern Black history and social movements. Cottman is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, former political reporter, award-winning author, and the Assistant to the Dean, Lecturer, and Professor of Political Reporting and Special Projects at Morgan State University’s School of Global Journalism and Communications. Cottman is the former program Editor for NBCU Academy, journalism education and training initiative for NBCUniversal’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion team.
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