1926 Pulitzer Prize

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1926.

The gold medal awarded for Public Service in Journalism

Journalism awards

  • Public Service:
    • Columbus Enquirer Sun, for the service which it rendered in its brave and energetic fight against the Ku Klux Klan; against the enactment of a law barring the teaching of evolution; against dishonest and incompetent public officials and for justice to the Negro and against lynching.
  • Reporting:
    • William Burke Miller of Louisville Courier-Journal, for his work in connection with the story of the trapping in Sand Cave, Kentucky, of Floyd Collins.[1]
  • Editorial Writing:
"The Laws of Moses and the Laws of Today", winner of the prize for Editorial Cartooning

Letters and Drama Awards

References

  1. ^ "'Skeets' Miller wins $1,000 Pulitzer Prize for Courier-Journal Collins stories". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. May 4, 1926 – via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)
  2. ^ "Pulitzer awards in arts and letters for 1925 announced; work of Post-Dispatch cartoonist declared best of the year". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. May 4, 1926 – via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)

External links

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