Charles H. Loeb

Charles Harold Loeb (April 2, 1905 – August 21, 1978)[1] was an American journalist known for detailing radiation casualties from the Hiroshima bomb. Loeb's article reporting on World War II was published in multiple newspapers with support of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (known then as the National Negro Publishers Association, or NNPA). Loeb served multiple terms as chairman of the Editorial Society for the NNPA.[2][3]

Career

Loeb studied pre-med at Howard University in Washington, D.C. and then chose to pursue journalism instead. He later helped found The Louisiana Weekly and the Southern News Weekly. He joined the Cleveland Call and Post in 1933, eventually becoming a managing editor.[4][5] Loeb had an unsuccessful bid in 1956 for U.S. Congress as a Republican.[4]

World War II

One of Loeb's most significant works was an article originally published on October 5, 1945 in the Atlanta Daily World titled "Loeb Reflects On Atomic Bombed Area" in which he contradicted existing coverage of the bombing of Hiroshima at the end of the war.[6] Loeb's description of the injury and suffering caused by radiation from the bombings went into greater detail than coverage in major outlets at the time, including The New York Times.[5] The report was more descriptive of the structural damage of the bomb blast, but briefly detailed the effect of radiation poisoning, despite reports about human suffering being censored by the U.S. military.[7] Loeb was later referred to by some journalists as the "dean of black newsmen".[4][5]

Personal life

Loeb was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to Leon and Lillian Loeb. He was married to Beulah Loeb. Their daughter, Stella Loeb-Munson stated that Charles Loeb had been "haunted" by memories of what he had seen in the aftermath of the bombings.[5] Loeb died on August 21, 1978.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Oral history interview with Charles H. Loeb 1971". DLC Catalog. 1971. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  2. ↑ Edmonds, Randolph (1949). Ballowe, Hewitt Leonard (ed.). "Return of the Plantation Tradition". Phylon. 10 (1): 90–92. doi:10.2307/272231. ISSN 0885-6818. JSTOR 272231. Retrieved June 26, 2026.
  3. ↑ What a Story! Nine Decades of Service to Ohio. (October 2007). Call & Post. Retrieved August 10, 2021
  4. 1 2 3 "LOEB, CHARLES HAROLD". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western Reserve University. May 11, 2018. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Broad, William J. (August 9, 2021). "The Black Reporter Who Exposed a Lie About the Atom Bomb". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  6. ↑ Loeb, Charles H. (October 5, 1945). "Loeb Reflects On Atomic Bombed Area" (PDF). Atlanta Daily World. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  7. ↑ Braw, Monica (2015). The atomic bomb suppressed : American censorship in occupied Japan (Second ed.). London: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-351-54613-3. OCLC 994206268. Retrieved June 26, 2026.
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