Lemann, Nicholas

Nicholas Lemann, born in New Orleans in 1954, began his journalistic career there and then worked at "Washington Monthly", "Washington Post", and "Texas Monthly", of which he was executive editor. A frequent contributor to national magazines, he was national correspondent of "The Atlantic Monthly "and is now a staff writer at "The New Yorker". His books include the prizewinning "The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America "(1991).