Moneta Sleet, Jr. becomes the first African-American man to win a Pulitzer Prize
May 5, 1969 Moneta Sleet, Jr. becomes the first African-American man to win a Pulitzer Prize
Photojournalist Moneta Sleet, Jr. becomes the first African-American man to win a Pulitzer Prize for his photograph of Coretta Scott King at the funeral of her husband Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.