Les Payne
American journalist (1941–2018) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the Australian politician and military officer, see Leslie Payne.
Leslie Payne (July 12, 1941 – March 19, 2018)[1][2] was an American journalist. He served as an editor and columnist at Newsday and was a founder of the National Association of Black Journalists. Payne received a Pulitzer Prize in 1974 for his investigative reporting, and, with daughter Tamara Payne, the 2020 National Book Award for Nonfiction and the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Biography for his biography The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X.[2]
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Born | (1941-07-12)July 12, 1941 Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S. |
Died | March 19, 2018(2018-03-19) (aged 76) |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Connecticut |
Organization(s) | United States Army, Newsday |
Notable work | National Association of Black Journalists |
Awards | Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award for Nonfiction |
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