Feb 25, 2021 8:23 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) “Caste,” Isabel Wilkerson’s exploration of racism in the United States, and “The Dead are Arising,” an acclaimed biography of Malcolm X, are among this year’s nominees for awards presented by the J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project.
The project announced Thursday that Wilkerson is a finalist for the Lukas Book Prize, along with Becky Cooper’s “We Keep the Dead Close,” Seyward Darby’s “Sisters in Hate,” Barton Gellman’s “Dark Mirror” and Jessica Goudeau’s “After the Last Border.”
The Lukas project, based at Columbia University’s journalism school and named for the late investigative journalist, also announced nominees for the Mark Lynton History Prize and the Lukas awards for works in progress. The awards honor “literary grace and commitment to serious research and social concern.”
Wilkerson s Caste among finalists for Lukas book prize
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Wilkerson s Caste among finalists for Lukas book prize
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