Fighting Words profiles five journalists who published the truth as
they saw it, no matter how their reporting angered politicians,
social and religious leaders, or other journalists. The five
journalists are William Brann (1855-1898), Don Biggers (1868-1957),
John Granbery (1874-1953), Archer Fullingim (1902-1984), and Stoney
Burns [Brent Stein] (1942-2011). Though they lived in different
eras, all these men dealt with issues that society continues to
face-racism, official corruption, religious freedom, educational
reform, political extremism of the left and right, the clash of
urban and rural values, and the fear of change. Their lives and
work constitute a unique, alternative perspective on Texas history
and the history of journalism itself. In addition to the troubling
questions they raised on social issues, these independent
journalists challenge us, as they challenged the mainline media of
their own times, to define the function of journalism and to
examine the mandate of the First Amendment. We may doubt the wisdom
of some of their convictions, but not the courage they needed to
express them in the face of ridicule, hostility, intimidation, and
even death. More than the specific causes they fought for, the
independents' passion for truth and their absolute belief in free
speech constitute their greatest legacy to us and to journalism.
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