African-American Pulitzer Prize Winners: A List of Inspiring Journalists

The Pulitzer Prize is a prestigious award given to journalists and writers for their outstanding work in various categories. Throughout the history of the Pulitzer Prizes, there have been many African-American winners who have made significant contributions to the field of journalism and literature. Some notable African-American Pulitzer Prize winners include:

• Ida B. Wells, who won the Pulitzer Prize for her investigative reporting on lynchings in the South in the 1890s

• Ralph Ellison, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1953 for his novel "Invisible Man"

• James Baldwin, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1985 for his novel "Go Tell It on the Mountain"

• Toni Morrison, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988 for her novel "Beloved" and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012

• Gwendolyn Brooks, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1950

• Langston Hughes, who was awarded a posthumous Special Citation Pulitzer Prize in 1984

• W.E.B. Du Bois, who was awarded a posthumous Special Citation Pulitzer Prize in 2019

• Isabel Wilkerson, who won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1994 for her book "The Warmth of Other Suns"

• Ta-Nehisi Coates, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction in 2015 for his book "Between the World and Me"

• Kendrick Lamar, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2018 for his album "DAMN."

These African-American Pulitzer Prize winners have made significant contributions to the field of journalism and literature and have been recognized for their talents and achievements. Their works continue to inspire and educate readers and researchers around the world.