Image by Hans on Pixabay · Pixabay License
Chuck Stone
Sign in to saveAlso known as Charles Sumner "Chuck" Stone, Jr.
American pilot, newspaper editor, journalism professor, and author
OverviewAI-generated
Chuck Stone was an American journalist and aircraft pilot. He served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II as a member of the Tuskegee Airmen. His education included studies at Wesleyan University and the University of Chicago. Professionally, he was employed by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Delaware.
Stone was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha and authored six works, including *Black Political Power in America* and *African American Almanac*. His contributions were recognized in the Pulitzer Prize collection and he received the Congressional Gold Medal. He was married and had three children, including Charles Stone III.
Stone died of heart failure from natural causes on April 6, 2014, in Chapel Hill. He was buried in Philadelphia.
Synthesized by Vinony from 25 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Vinony collections. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Black Political Power in America (A Delta Book)
- African American Almanac (African-American Almanac)
- King strut
- Squizzy the black squirrel
- Black political power in America
via Open Library + Wikidata
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Stone
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Hartford
- Place of death
- Chapel Hill
- Occupation
- aircraft pilot
- Educated at
- University of Chicago
- Employer
- University of Delaware
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- United States Army Air Forces
- Number of children
- 3
Show 6 more facts
- date of death
- 2014-04-06
- date of birth
- 1924-07-21
- place of burial
- Philadelphia
- cause of death
- heart failure
- allegiance
- United States
- manner of death
- natural causes
via Wikidata · CC0