I saw how many people were poor and how many kids my age went to school hungry in the morning, which I don't think most of my contemporaries in racially segregated schools in the South thought very much about at the time. Charles Kuralt agecontemporaryhungry share on social
Since my retirement, I've spent a lot of time trying to help the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina. A society like this just can't afford an uneducated underclass of citizens. Charles Kuralt affordcarolinacitizen Change image and share on social
The first books I was interested in were all about baseball. But I can't think of one single book that changed my life in any way. Charles Kuralt baseballbookchange Change image and share on social
I don't have any well-developed philosophy about journalism. Ultimately it is important in a society like this, so people can know about everything that goes wrong. Charles Kuralt developimportantjournalism Change image and share on social
I didn't like the competitiveness of big-time journalism. Charles Kuralt bigcompetitivenessjournalism Change image and share on social
A country so rich that it can send people to the moon still has hundreds of thousands of its citizens who can't read. That's terribly troubling to me. Charles Kuralt citizencountryhundred Change image and share on social
I remember being in the public library and my jaw just aching as I looked around at all those books I wanted to read. There just wasn't time enough to read everything I wanted to read. Charles Kuralt achebookjaw Change image and share on social
I wasn't a very discriminating reader. I read just about everything that came along. Charles Kuralt discriminatereadreader Change image and share on social
My mother, at least twice, cancelled our family's subscription to the newspaper I was working on, because she was so mad about its treatment of my father. Charles Kuralt cancelfamilyfather Change image and share on social
Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students. Charles Kuralt bringgoodstudent Change image and share on social
