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Margo Jefferson

(1947) Journalist United States

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Margo Jefferson is a journalist from the United States, best known for Negroland.

Quick Facts About Margo Jefferson

Born
October 17, 1947
Nationality
United States
Profession
Journalist
Notable works
Negroland
Known for
Negroland: A Memoir, Constructing a Nervous System, On Michael Jackson

About Margo Jefferson

Margo Lillian Jefferson is an American writer and academic. Also a journalist, writing since 1993 for The New York Times, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1995. Other publications for which she has written include Vogue, New York Magazine, The Nation, and Guernica.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Carnegie Medal Guggenheim Fellowship Pulitzer Prize for Criticism Windham–Campbell Literature Prizes The Writers' Prize Q16995068 National Book Critics Circle Award for Memoir and Autobiography

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