The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1969. The gold medal awarded for Public Service in Journalism The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical compositions. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...

Journalism Awards

• Public Service:
  • The Los Angeles Times, for its expose of wrongdoing within the Los Angeles City Government Commissions, resulting in resignations or criminal convictions of certain members, as well as widespread reforms.
• Local General or Spot News Reporting:
  • John Fetterman of The Louisville Times and The Courier-Journal, for his article, Pfc. Gibson Comes Home. the story of an American soldier whose body was returned to his native town from Vietnam for burial.
• Local Investigative Specialized Reporting:
  • Albert L. Delugach and Denny Walsh of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, for their campaign against fraud and abuse of power within the St. Louis Steamfitters Union, Local 562.
• National Reporting:
  • Robert Cahn of the Christian Science Monitor, for his inquiry into the future of our national parks and the methods that may help to preserve them.
• International Reporting:
  • William Tuohy of The Los Angeles Times, for his Vietnam War correspondence in 1968.
• Editorial Writing:
  • Paul Greenberg of the Pine Bluff Commercial (Arkansas), for his editorials during 1968.
• Editorial Cartooning:
  • John Fischetti of the Chicago Daily News, for his editorial cartooning in 1968.
• Spot News Photography:
  • Edward T. Adams of Associated Press, for his photograph, Saigon Execution.
• Feature Photography:
  • Moneta Sleet Jr. of Ebony magazine, for his photograph of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s widow and child, taken at Dr. King's funeral.

The Pulitzer Prize for Public Service has been awarded since 1918 for a distinguished example of meritorious public service by a newspaper through the use of its journalistic resources which may include editorials, cartoons, and photographs, as well as reporting. ... The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California and distributed throughout the western United States. ... The Courier-Journal is available throughout the greater Louisville area, and throughout almost all of Kentucky. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting has been awarded since 1953 for a distinguished example of investigative reporting by an individual or team, presented as a single article or series in print journalism. ... The St. ... The Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting has been awarded since 1948 for a distinguished example of reporting on national affairs. ... The Christian Science Monitor (CSM) is an international newspaper published daily, Monday through Friday. ... The parks of the United States National Park system are one type of protected area in the United States and are operated by the U.S. National Park Service. ... The Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting has been awarded since 1948 for a distinguished example of reporting on international affairs, including United Nations correspondence. ... The Los Angeles Times (also L.A. Times) is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California and distributed throughout the Western United States. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines Democratic Republic of Vietnam National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam People’s Republic of China Commanders William Westmoreland Ho Chi Minh Strength ~1,200,000 (1968) ~520,000 (1968) Casualties South Vietnamese dead... The Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing has been awarded since 1917 for distinguished editorial writing, the test of excellence being clearness of style, moral purpose, sound reasoning, and power to influence public opinion in what the writer conceives to be the right direction. ... Pine Bluff is a city located in Jefferson County, Arkansas. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning has been awarded since 1922 for a distinguished cartoon or portfolio of cartoons published during the year, characterized by originality, editorial effectiveness, quality of drawing, and pictorial effect. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Chicago Daily News was an afternoon daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and published between 1876 and 1978. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography was awarded from 1968 – 1999, thereafter being renamed and split into the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography and the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography. ... Associated Press logo Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography has been awarded since 1968 for a distinguished example of feature photography in black and white or color, which may consist of a photograph or photographs, a sequence or an album. ... Academy Award winners Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, and Jamie Foxx on the 60th anniversary cover of Ebony Magazine, November 2005 Ebony, a magazine for the African American market, was founded by John H. Johnson and has been published since the autumn of 1945. ... Martin Luther King redirects here. ...

Letters, Drama and Music Awards

• Fiction:
  • House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday.
• Drama:
  • The Great White Hope by Howard Sackler.
• History:
  • Origins of the Fifth Amendment by Leonard W. Levy.
• Biography or Autobiography:
  • The Man From New York: John Quinn and His Friends by Benjamin Lawrence Reid.
• Poetry:
  • Of Being Numerous by George Oppen.
• General Non-Fiction:
  • The Armies of the Night by Norman Mailer.
• General Non-Fiction:
  • So Human An Animal by Rene Jules Dubos.
• Music:
  • String Quartet No. 3 by Karel Husa, first performed at the Goodman Theatre, Chicago, on October 14, 1968 by the Fine Arts Quartet.

The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction has been awarded since 1948 for distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life. ... House Made of Dawn is a novel by N. Scott Momaday. ... N(avarre) Scott Momaday (born February 27, 1934) in Lawton, Oklahoma, United States, is a Native American (Kiowa) writer. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Drama was first awarded in 1918. ... The Great White Hope is a 1970 film which tells the fictionalized life story of boxing champion Jack Johnson (here called Jack Jefferson). ... Howard Sackler (1929 to 1982), an American screenwriter and playwright, is best known for writing The Great White Hope (play: 1967 and film: 1970). ... The Pulitzer Prize for History has been awarded since 1917 for a distinguished book upon the history of the United States. ... Leonard W. Levy is the Andrew W. Mellon All-Claremont Professor of Humanities and Chairman of the Graduate Faculty of History at Claremont Graduate School, California. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography has been presented since 1917 for a distinguished biography or autobiography by an American author. ... John Quinn (1839-1903) of New York, born in County Tipperary, Ireland, was a U.S. Representative from New York from 1889 to 1891. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author. ... George Oppen (April 24, 1908 - July 7, 1984) was an American poet, best known as one of the founders of the Objectivist group of poets. ... The Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction has been awarded since 1962 for a distinguished book of non-fiction by an American author that is not eligible for consideration in any other category. ... Armies of the Night book cover Armies of the Night is a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning non-fiction novel written by Norman Mailer and sub-titled History as a Novel/The Novel as History The book deals ostensibly with the October 1967 anti-Vietnam War March on... Norman Mailer, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Norman Kingsley Mailer (born January 31, 1923) is an American novelist, journalist, playwright, screenwriter and film director who, along with Truman Capote and Tom Wolfe, is considered an innovator of creative nonfiction, a genre sometimes called New Journalism. ... The Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction has been awarded since 1962 for a distinguished book of non-fiction by an American author that is not eligible for consideration in any other category. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Music was first awarded in 1943. ... Karel Husa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Goodman Theatre The Goodman Theatre is a theater in Chicagos Loop, and part of Chicago theatre. ...

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