Fighting Words profiles five journalists who published the truth as they saw it, no matter how their reporting angered politicians, social and religious leaders, or other journalists.

The five journalists are William Brann (1855-1898), Don Biggers (1868-1957), John Granbery (1874-1953), Archer Fullingim (1902-1984), and Stoney Burns Brent Stein] (1942-2011). Though they lived in different eras, all these men dealt with issues that society continues to face--racism, official corruption, religious freedom, educational reform, political extremism of the left and right, the...