Pulitzer Prize

‘Topdog-Underdog’ revival is an explosive display of pent-up emotion and actor chemistry

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Pulitzer Prize-winning Black woman dedicates school named for her in district she integrated

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Ida B. Wells’ inspiring legacy is being honored by Barbie

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Nikole Hannah-Jones turns down UNC tenure to teach at Howard instead

Acclaimed journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones has rejected the hard-fought tenure offer wrung from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
/ July 6, 2021

‘The Night Watchman,’ Malcolm X biography win arts Pulitzers

Stories of race, racism and colonialism in the U.S. swept the Pulitzer Prizes for the arts, from Louise Erdrich’s novel
/ June 12, 2021

Darnella Frazier awarded with Pulitzer Prize special citation

Darnella Frazier, the teenager who filmed the police killing of George Floyd with her cellphone in May 2020, has been
/ June 11, 2021
President Trump Arrives In Texas For Border Visit

Over 300 historians call for Trump’s impeachment and removal in open letter

This week over 300 historians and constitutional scholars joined the call for Donald Trump’s impeachment and removal from office. Monday, the
/ January 12, 2021

Pulitzer Prize awarded to Ida B. Wells and NYT’s 1619 Project author

Ida B. Wells is being honored by the Pulitzer Prize in a long-overdue recognition as an early pioneer of investigative
/ May 4, 2020
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Trump mocked for saying journalists should return ‘Noble Prizes’

President Donald Trump posted then deleted a tweet on Sunday lashing out at the news media, again. In the tweet, he questioned whether reporters who won “Noble Prizes” for their work on the Russia investigation would return them.
/ April 27, 2020
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist was victim of hoax 911 police call

A phone call led police to the home of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Leonard G. Pitts Jr. turns out it was a hoax,
/ July 2, 2019