How Civil Rights Era, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photo was Gifted to Murray State

News February 12, 2016

Listen to Special Collections & Exhibits Librarian Sarah Hopley talk about how Moneta Sleet Jr.'s Pulitzer winning photograph of Coretta Scott King and her daughter Bernice at Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral, and more special items, landed there.

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2027 Pulitzer Prize Contest Open to Book Entries

The recommended entry deadline for eligible books published between January 1, 2026 and July 31, 2026 is July 15, 2026. The final deadline for all eligible books (published between January 1 and December 31, 2026) is October 15, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. Eastern time.

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The 2026 Pulitzer Prize Announcement

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