Columbus, Ga., Paper Wins Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for "Brave and Energetic Fight Against Ku Klux Klan, Against Enactment of Law barring Eaching of Evolution, Against Lynching," May 4, 1926

Columbus, Ga., Paper Wins Pulitzer Prize. . . Gets Medal for Fight Against Klan, Evolution Law and Other Questions

New York, May 3—The Pulitzer gold medal for the most disinterested and meritorious public service rendered by an American newspaper during 1925 has been awarded the Columbus, Ga., Enquirer-Sun.

The judges announced today that the award was made for the paper’s “brave and energetic fight against the Ku Klux Klan, against the enactment of a law barring the teaching of evolution, against dishonest and incompetent public officials, against lynching and for justice to the negro.”

William Burke Miller of the Louisville (Ky) Courier-Journal” was awarded the $1,000 prize for the best example of a reporter’s work, “for his work in connection with he story of the trapping in Sand Cave, Ky., of Floyd Collins.” The test was strict accuracy, terseness and the good accomplishment of some public good commanding the public attention and respect.

From front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, May 4, 1926

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