Editing Robin Washington (section)

==Career==
Washington's major work is the 1995 [[PBS]] documentary ''You Don't Have to Ride [[Jim Crow]]!'' It is a [[chronicle]] of the Journey of Reconciliation, the first [[Freedom Riders|Freedom Ride]] of whites and blacks traveling through the Upper South in 1947 to challenge [[Racial segregation|segregation]] in the wake of the [[United States Supreme Court]]'s 1946 ruling in [[Morgan v. Virginia]]. It ruled that segregation of interstate transportation was unconstitutional under the [[Commerce Clause]] of the [[U.S. Constitution]].

Washington previously produced the documentary ''[[Vermont]]: The Whitest State in the Union'', about African Americans in that state.

From 1993 to 1996, he was managing editor of the African-American weekly ''Bay State Banner'' in Boston. From 1996 to 2004 he worked at the ''[[Boston Herald]],'' where he wrote a consumer and transportation column. He also covered the [[Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal]] unfolding in that region and elsewhere. He frequently spoke as a guest on this topic on national television news shows.

In 2004, Washington became editorial page editor of [[Minnesota]]'s ''[[Duluth News Tribune]]''. He was promoted to editor in January 2010. He left the paper in February 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/291550/group/news/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140215181146/http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/291550/group/news/ |archive-date=February 15, 2014 |url-status=dead |access-date=February 15, 2014 |title=News Tribune editor leaves newspaper &#124; Duluth News Tribune &#124; Duluth, Minnesota }}</ref>

In April 2021, Robin Washington became the Forward’s new Editor-at-Large, a flagship position aimed at elevating and expanding diverse voices.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Robin Washington joins the Forward as Editor-at-Large|url=https://forward.com/news/467584/robin-washington-joins-the-forward-as-editor-at-large/|access-date=2021-10-28|website=The Forward|date=April 13, 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref>

He is also a radio commentator for [[National Public Radio]], and has been a writer, editor, and publisher for several publications.