Lee Hawkins

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Lee Hawkins was a 2022 Pulitzer Prize finalist as a lead reporter on a series about the Tulsa Massacre of 1921 at the Wall Street Journal, where he worked for 19 years. Hawkins is a five-time winner of the National Association of Black Journalists’ Salute to Excellence Award. His book is "I Am Nobody's Slave."

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Awards: 2022 Pulitzer Prize Finalist

Communities: African American

Book:

I Am Nobody's Slave

How Uncovering My Family's History Set Me Free
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
HarperCollins
January 2025
ISBN 9780062823168
368 pages