Murray Kempton

Journalist, Author

1917 – 1997

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Who was Murray Kempton?

James Murray Kempton was an influential American journalist. He won a Pulitzer Prize for journalism in 1985 and won the 1974 U.S. National Book Award in category Contemporary Affairs for The Briar Patch: The People of the State of New York versus Lumumba Shakur, et al.

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Born
Dec 16, 1917
Baltimore
Also known as
  • James Murray Kempton
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Johns Hopkins University
Lived in
  • Baltimore
Died
May 5, 1997

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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