The Late Les Payne & Daughter Tamara Win Pulitzer Prize for Malcolm X Biography

The Pulitzer Prizes: Les Payne, the renowned Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalist, embarked in 1990 on a nearly thirty-year-long quest to interview anyone he could find who had actually known Malcolm X—all living siblings of the Malcolm Little family, classmates, street friends, cellmates, Nation of Islam figures, FBI moles and cops, and political leaders around the world. His goal was ambitious: to transform what would become over a hundred hours of interviews into an unprecedented portrait of Malcolm X, one that would separate fact from fiction.

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Mr. Payne was a dear friend, mentor, advisor and huge supporter of my independent news and information site(s), and I suspect he’d be completely overjoyed about winning a second Pulitzer Prize for his dedication, determination and painstaking research. To say I’m elated for the father and daughter team would be an understatement. What they accomplished is nothing short of amazing. Congratulations, and extremely well done.  

G-Man