Books by Gene Roberts
The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation
by Gene Roberts & Hank Klibanoff
🏆 Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for History
A meticulously researched account of how the revelations of American newsmen—Black and white—forced the civil rights agenda and transformed 20th-century U.S. society.
Interviews where books by Gene Roberts were recommended
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No Right to An Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston's Black Workers in the Civil War Era
by Jacqueline Jones -
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Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power
by Jefferson Cowie -
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Cuba: An American History
by Ada Ferrer -
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Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America
by Nicole Eustace -
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Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America
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Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America
by Caleb McDaniel
Pulitzer Prize-Winning History Books
Pulitzer Prize-Winning History Books
Every year, the Pulitzer Prize jury awards $15,000 to a “distinguished and appropriately documented book on the history of the United States.” We’ve compiled a guide to the winning books since the turn of the millennium.
