Leonard Pitts Jr.

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author commentator newspaper columnist person

Leonard Pitts Jr. is an American newspaper columnist, author, and commentator renowned for his incisive writing on race, culture, and politics.

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Leonard Garvey Pitts Jr. 1
Leonard Pitts Jr. canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf author ⓘ
commentator ⓘ
newspaper columnist ⓘ
person ⓘ
awardReceived American Society of Newspaper Editors Award ⓘ
National Association of Black Journalists Award ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Commentary ⓘ
birthName Leonard Pitts Jr. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Leonard Garvey Pitts Jr.
citizenship United States of America ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1957-10-11 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Southern California ⓘ
employer The Miami Herald ⓘ
surface form: Miami Herald
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African Americans
fieldOfWork African-American studies ⓘ
American politics ⓘ
journalism ⓘ
popular culture ⓘ
race relations ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre opinion journalism ⓘ
political commentary ⓘ
social commentary ⓘ
hasTaughtAt Loyola University Maryland ⓘ
Princeton University ⓘ
University of Maryland ⓘ
hasWritten columns on American politics ⓘ
columns on popular culture ⓘ
columns on race and racism in America ⓘ
non-fiction books ⓘ
novels ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
notableFor commentary following the September 11 attacks ⓘ
incisive writing on culture ⓘ
incisive writing on politics ⓘ
incisive writing on race ⓘ
notableWork Becoming Dad: Black Men and the Journey to Fatherhood ⓘ
Before I Forget ⓘ
Freeman ⓘ
Grant Park ⓘ
The Last Thing You Surrender ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
commentator ⓘ
journalism professor ⓘ
newspaper columnist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Orange, California ⓘ
surface form: Orange, California, United States
residence Maryland ⓘ
surface form: Maryland, United States
writesFor The Miami Herald ⓘ
surface form: Miami Herald

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Pulitzer Prize for Commentary → notableRecipient → Leonard Pitts Jr. ⓘ
Leonard Pitts Jr. → birthName → Leonard Pitts Jr. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leonard Garvey Pitts Jr.