Beauty Turner
Beauty B. Turner was an American housing activist and journalist from Chicago, Illinois. At the time of her death, Turner was compared to the civil rights leader Ida B. Wells.
Biography
Career
Turner was well known for her Ghetto Bus Tours, which "gave a voice to those who had none". Turner was associate editor of Chicago Street Journal and a columnist for the Hyde Park Herald and a number of other local newspapers. Turner was also an activist in the community. For sixteen years, Turner was a resident of the Robert Taylor Homes, one of the US's best known public housing projects. Towards the end of her career, Turner worked as a research assistant for Professor Sudhir Venkatesh, a sociologist at Columbia University. Her writings have appeared on the front page of The [Wall Street Journal].Awards and honors
Turner won a number of awards through her career as a journalist, which include:- First New America Award by the National Society of Professional Journalists
- Winner of a Studs Terkel
- Peter Lisagor
- Associated Press award
- Chicago Association for Black Journalist award
- Courageous voice award for her community activism
- Black Pearl award
- Woman of the Century award
- Shero award from the Empowerment Zone Committee