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Moneta Sleet Jr. Bio, Photos and Updates

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Moneta Sleet Jr.

Bio: Moneta J. Sleet, Jr. (February 14, 1926 - September 30, 1996) won the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for his photograph of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s widow, Coretta Scott King, at Dr. King's funeral. Sleet is the first African-American man to win the Pulitzer, and the first African American to win award for journalism.

Born: February 14, 1926 in Kentucky, USA

Died: September 30, 1996 in Kentucky, USA

Posted In: United States Photographers