Rick Bowers

Rick Bowers is an award-winning author and journalist specializing in the quest for social justice and equal rights. He has appeared on a wide range of media outlets, including PBS, NPR, CBS, the History Channel and Discovery Network. Bowers has authored two non-fiction books, penned an award-winning PBS documentary and is working on related film projects in Los Angeles. His book Spies of Mississippi (National Geographic, 2010) exposed the secret, state-run spy network dedicated to preserving...See more

Rick Bowers is an award-winning author and journalist specializing in the quest for social justice and equal rights. He has appeared on a wide range of media outlets, including PBS, NPR, CBS, the History Channel and Discovery Network. Bowers has authored two non-fiction books, penned an award-winning PBS documentary and is working on related film projects in Los Angeles. His book Spies of Mississippi (National Geographic, 2010) exposed the secret, state-run spy network dedicated to preserving segregation in 1950's and '60s. Working with film maker Dawn Porter, Bowers also penned the PBS/Independent Lens documentary version of Spies of Mississippi, which won numerous awards for its hard-hitting treatment of the topic. Bowers' book Superman vs. the Ku Klux Klan (National Geographic 2012) revealed how the Man of Steel exposed the men of hate to a generation of children. Superman vs. the KKK is now in development as a feature film by Lotus Entertainment and Paperchase Films in L.A.In addition to writing books and making films, Bowers also conceptualized and directed "Voices of Civil Rights", a ground-breaking oral history project that collected thousands of first-hand accounts of the small acts of courage that powered the Civil Rights Movement. As a documentary, it won the prestigious Emmy and Peabody awards.Bowers makes his fiction debut with the release of Innocence on Trial. See less