Articles by Margalit Fox

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William Worthy, a Reporter Drawn to Forbidden Datelines, Dies at 92
Margalit Fox – International New York Times, 19 May 2014

A close ally of Malcolm X, in 1955 he spent six weeks in Moscow, interviewing ordinary citizens and the future Soviet premier Nikita S. Khrushchev. Defying a United States travel ban, he crossed into mainland China in 1956 and spent 41 days traveling the country, interviewing the premier, Zhou Enlai. In 1961, without a passport, he went to Cuba, debarking in Havana from a ship bound for Mexico. In 1962 he was found guilty and sentenced to three months’ imprisonment plus nine months’ probation.

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