Jack R. Thornell
Jack Randolph Thornell is an American photographer. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his photo of James Meredith after the activist was attacked and wounded by a sniper during his June 1966 March Against Fear in Mississippi.
Life
Thornell was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi. He served in the Army Signal Corps. He worked as a photographer for the Jackson Daily News, and for decades for the Associated Press.He married Carolyn Wilson in 1964; they had children Candice and Jay Randolph.