Murray Kempton
James Murray Kempton was an American journalist and social and political commentator. He won a National Book Award in 1974 for The Briar Patch: The People of the State of New York versus Lumumba Shakur, et al. Reprinted, 1997, with new subtitle The Trial of the Panther 21.
Background
- Born in
- Baltimore
- Educated at
- Johns Hopkins University
- Awards
- 🏆 National Book Award🏆 George Polk Award🏆 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary🏆 Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award🏆 Carey McWilliams Award
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1917
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Birth1997
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