Award Winning Books by
GENE ROBERTS

The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation by Gene Roberts 16 reviews (2007) (528p) (PP His) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

This is the story of how America awakened to its race problem, of how a nation that longed for unity after World War II came instead to see, hear, and learn about the shocking indignities and injustices of racial segregation in the South—and the brutality used to enforce it. It is the story of how the nation's press, after decades of ignoring the problem, came to recognize the import... more >>

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Gene Roberts Award Stats

Major Prize* Nominations 1   Unique Books Nominated for a Major Prize* 1   Pulitzer Prize Wins 1 The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation ·   Pulitzer Prize Nominations 1 The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation ·   National Book Critics Circle Award Wins 0   National Book Critics Circle Award Nominations 0   National Book Award Wins 0   National Book Award Nominations 0   Man Booker Prize Wins 0   Man Booker Prize Nominations 0   PEN/Faulkner Award Wins 0   PEN/Faulkner Award Nominations 0

*Major Prize = Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award, National Book Award, Man Booker Prize, and PEN/Faulkner Award

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