Pioneering journalist honored posthumously with Pulitzer citation

The late Chuck Stone, a pioneering Black journalist who ended his career as an instructor at UNC-Chapel Hill, was awarded a special citation on Monday by the Pulitzer Prize Board.

The citation honored Stone “for his groundbreaking work as a journalist covering the Civil Rights Movement, his pioneering role as the first Black columnist at the Philadelphia Daily News … and for co-founding the National Association of Black Journalists 50 years ago.”

Stone, a Tuskegee Airman in World War II, was known for his stylish attire and signature bow ties…

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