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In an ongoing effort to recognize individuals of our time who embody courageous journalism, Colby College today announced that it will honor Leonard Pitts Jr. with this year’s Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award.
Leonard Pitts is an American commentator, journalist, and novelist. Currently writing for the
Miami Herald, he is well known for his nationally syndicated column that often addresses issues of race, politics, and culture.
Leonard Pitts Jr. is a social issues columnist for the Miami Herald. He is the recipient of Colby’s 2021 Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award.
Lovejoy, 1826 valedictorian at Colby, was a crusading abolitionist editor who was murdered in 1837 for his anti-slavery editorials. He was called America’s first martyr to freedom of the press by John Quincy Adams.