By Victor Trammell Photo credits: Bebeto Matthews/AP A renowned author, Pulitzer Prize administrator, and writer who worked for the New York Times has finally earned her rightful place in the history of Black America and the world. According to National Public Radio, Dana Canedy (pictured) is the first-ever Black American to become both ...
By M. Swift On this day in history, two Black authors won Pulitzer Prizes for landmark books in literature and eventually cinema. We focus on in Alex Haley's book Roots. Alex Haley's Roots: The Saga of an American Family Roots was published in 1976 and was a major literary hit out of the gate. Upon its debut it sat at #5 on the New York ...
By Victor Trammell Photo credits: Artist K.O. Lewis On February 14, 1926, Moneta Sleet, Jr. was born. Sleet (pictured) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist who was active in the Civil Rights movement. In Owensboro, Kentucky, he was reared by his parents, Ozetta Allensworth Sleet and Moneta Sleet, Sr. His parents got him a little ...