Hodding Carter III, Journalist and Civil Rights Activist Who Served as State Department Spokesman, Dies at 88

Carter held a number of important roles prior to his death, including working as the editor and publisher of a Mississippi newspaper and acting as the State Department spokesman during the Iran hostage crisis.
He was a prolific documentary filmmaker who won several awards for his work.
Carter taught leadership and public policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
He came from a family known for progressive activism, and his father won a Pulitzer Prize for editorials advocating for Japanese Americans during World War II.
Carter authored two books over the course of his distinguished career.