Some Of The Famous Muckrakers ? ! .
Uptown Sinclair is most known for his novel , The Jungle , and his investigation into the meat packing industry . Some refer to him as the “king of Muckrakers “ . This was because he went undercover for 7 weeks in Chicago meat packing industry and ultimately changed society’s perspective on the dangers and health risks of the food industry ."King Coal" is a 1917 novel by Uptown Sinclair that describes the poor working conditions in the coal mining industry .
Ida B . Well’s ultimate goal was to fight for her race and expose the events of lynching . she wrote about the motives of the white mob and advice on how her race could protect themselves . Her newspaper , Free Speech and Headlight , was eventually shut down . She eventually joined the NAACP and became a leader among her race .
Lincoln Steffens was one of the original muckrakers who wanted to go beyond simple news reporting because he wanted to investigate why systems were corrupt . He was known to explore all areas of society , he exposed corporate monopolies and political corruption , working under Sam McClure’s magazine among other muckrakers . He is most famous for his investigation on the political and municipal corruption in Minneapolis , He also pursued an investigation of Wall Street . Steffens really made the American public question the integrity and form a cynicism around the municipal government
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