Dick Lehr
Biography
Dick Lehr
Dick Lehr is the co-author, with Gerard O'Neill, of BLACK MASS, a New York Times bestseller about Boston crime boss Whitey Bulger, which was made into a film starring Johnny Depp. His most recent book is THE BIRTH OF A MOVEMENT, which Booklist deemed in a starred review "a remarkable look at the power of mass media and the nascent civil rights movement at a pivotal time in American history." The book was adapted into a PBS documentary that aired on the network's primetime show, Independent Lens, in February 2017. Dick Lehr is a former reporter for the Boston Globe and now teaches journalism at Boston University. He lives near Boston.
Dick Lehr
