I thought some of you might like to read more about my cousin, Don Baird, who died this week after a battle with cancer. Here is an excerpt from and a link to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution news article about Don's death.
"He was the voice of Atlanta, as far as I was concerned," said Mr. Kavanagh, who recalled covering a news conference soon after arriving here and hearing Julian Bond, Joseph Lowery and others ask for Mr. Baird by name. "Don was at the forefront of covering the civil rights movement in the '60s —which today sounds ho-hum, but back then, it was quite revolutionary and controversial."
Mr. Baird, who went on to work for CNN for 15 years before retiring in 2002, could be dogged if that was what the story called for. His former colleagues delight in recalling the time Mr. Baird sprinted after Mr. Maddox for an interview while the latter was busy chasing black diners from his restaurant.
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