Isabel Wilkerson

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Isabel Wilkerson is an American journalist and author best known for her acclaimed works on race and migration in the United States, including "The Warmth of Other Suns" and "Caste."

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instanceOf Pulitzer Prize winner
author
human
journalist
non-fiction writer
awardReceived Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
Dayton Literary Peace Prize
National Book Critics Circle Award
surface form: National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction

Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing
citizenship American
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1961
educatedAt Howard University
employer The New York Times
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African Americans
fieldOfWork African-American history
journalism
migration studies
race relations in the United States
gender female
genre history
non-fiction
social commentary
hasWritten Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
The Warmth of Other Suns
influencedBy African-American history
languageOfWorkOrName English
name Isabel Wilkerson self-link
nationality American
notableAchievement first African-American to win the Pulitzer Prize for individual reporting
first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in journalism
notableWork Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
The Warmth of Other Suns
occupation author
journalist
university professor
placeOfBirth Washington, D.C.
positionHeld Chicago bureau chief of The New York Times
publicationDateOfWork The Warmth of Other Suns
surface form: 2010: The Warmth of Other Suns

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
surface form: 2020: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
taughtAt Boston University
Emory University
Princeton University
writesAbout caste systems
racial inequality in the United States
Great Migration of African Americans out of the region
surface form: the Great Migration

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Great Migration of African Americans out of the region author Isabel Wilkerson
subject surface form: The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson name Isabel Wilkerson self-link
The Warmth of Other Suns author Isabel Wilkerson
Origin basedOnAuthor Isabel Wilkerson
subject surface form: Origin (2023 film)
Origin portrays Isabel Wilkerson
subject surface form: Origin (2023 film)
Origin leadCharacter Isabel Wilkerson
subject surface form: Origin (2023 film)
Farrar, Straus and Giroux hasPublished Isabel Wilkerson
Lillian Smith Book Award notableWinner Isabel Wilkerson