In August 1961 The New York Times dispatched Halberstam to the Republic of the Congo to report on the Congo Crisis.

Halberstam's fiery, rebellious streak first came out when covering the civil rights movement as he protested against the lies of the authorities who portrayed the civil rights protesters as violent and dangerous. John Lewis later stated that Halberstam was the only journalist in Nashville who would cover the Nashville sit-ins, organized by the Nashville Student Movement which Halberstam focused on in his 1998 book The Children. He covered the beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement for The Tennessean in Nashville. Halberstam's journalism career began at the Daily Times Leader in West Point, Mississippi, the smallest daily newspaper in Mississippi. Halberstam had a rebellious streak and as editor of the Harvard Crimson engaged in a competition to see which columnist could most offend readers. degree after serving as managing editor of The Harvard Crimson. In 1955 he graduated from Harvard College with an A.B. He moved to Yonkers, New York, and graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1951.

He was raised in Winsted, Connecticut, where he was a classmate of Ralph Nader. Halberstam, schoolteacher and Army surgeon. Halberstam was born in New York City, the son of Blanche (Levy) and Charles A. Halberstam was killed in a car crash in 2007, while doing research for a book. He won a Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 1964.

David Halberstam (Ap– April 23, 2007) was an American writer, journalist, and historian, known for his work on the Vietnam War, politics, history, the Civil Rights Movement, business, media, American culture, Korean War, and later, sports journalism.

The Coldest Winter by David Halberstam